Blog – Adam Garson Law

So your patent is being infringed.  What can you do about it?    Sue the bastards, of course. But where? U.S. Federal courts have jurisdiction over patent infringement, so the lawsuit must be filed in Federal, as opposed to state, court.  But which one?  There are Federal courts in each U.S. state and each U.S. […]

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Dear Doc: I know that this question is a bit out of your bailiwick (you DO have a bailiwick, don’t you?) but given your legal background and knowledge of sailing, I hope that you may be able to help. Are pirates sailing against cartels that ship drugs into the United States? How is that possibly […]

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Welcome to our kickoff article introducing the LWH Trademark Circular Series. Circular No. 1 is the starting point for learning about the trademark registration process. Subsequent articles in the TM Circular series will address basic trademark procedures and filing issues related to specific markets and industries. This article explains the basic steps involved in registering […]

 Last month we told you about an Idaho statutethat directly limits the ability of a U.S. patent owner to access Federal court to enforce a U.S. patent.  Applying the Idaho state law, a Federal judge sitting in Idaho required the patent owner to post an $8 million bond to pursue a patent infringement lawsuit.   The problem […]

Trademark “abandonment” is what happens when a trademark owner stops using a mark without the intention of using it again. Abandonment can occur in more ways than you might expect. The most obvious is simple non-use, but abandonment arguments are often built from surrounding conduct as well, such as public statements that a brand is being retired, […]

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Dear Doc, Many questions about artificial intelligence (AI) remain up in the air as judges try to keep up with technology that is developing faster than the speed of light. It seems to me that many of the issues might be solved if we just kept the AI companies from putting copies of other peoples’ […]

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I saw the humanoid robot that Russia developed when it tried to walk across the stage and fell flat on its face. I’ve also seen that Tesla is developing a humanoid robot, and I’ve been amazed by the acrobatic stunts of the robot dogs from Boston Scientific. Now I have heard FigureAI, a Silicon Valley […]

In 2003, photographer Kenneth Adelman, posted images of the California coastline, which he described as dedicated to the preservation of California’s coastline. As we all know, there is some very pricey real estate on certain segments of the California coast, especially in Malibu. Barbara Streisand, who owned a large coastal estate, saw her property depicted […]

The short answer is – we’re about to find out. An inventor’s patent rights are based on the U.S. Constitution:  “Congress shall have power… to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.” Congress has exercised this power by […]

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Dear Doc: I keep reading that the New York Times, book publishers, authors, musicians, and others are bringing lawsuits against companies that develop artificial intelligence software, claiming that the AI companies are infringing copyright by using published materials to “train” AI. What’s going on? Signed,Genuinely Intelligent Dear GI: The authors and publishers object not only to […]