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18Apr 2019

Ask Dr. Copyright

April 18, 2019 Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright
Question on a Keyboard

Dear Doc: As part of my profession, I often create things that I present to my clients. For example, I may create a floor plan or an interior design drawing. I may create renderings of what a project will look like when completed. I create bills of materials, supplier lists, written specifications, and all sorts […]

11Apr 2019

EU Makes Big Changes to Its Copyright Law

April 11, 2019 Copyright
Copyright

This week the European Parliament approved a controversial copyright law, the “Copyright Directive” (“Directive”), that may have serious implications for both providers and consumers of online content in Europe. While this may not be relevant to most of our readership, it may be an important testing ground for changes in US copyright law. For example, […]

04Apr 2019

It Just Got Harder To Patent Computer-Implemented Inventions

April 4, 2019 Patent
Designs for patents

A patent is property and the claims of a patent determine the value of that property.  The words are important, folks.  Consider the following (fictitious) claim: A love detector, the love detector comprising: a computer configured to determine whether a user is in love That’s called a “functional” claim – the claim addresses what the […]

14Mar 2019

China Deluges U.S. with Trademark Filings

March 14, 2019 Trademark
TM is for Trademarks

It is widely known that China has been the source of cyber attacks against public and private entities in the United States. The nature and effectiveness of these attacks are of considerable concern. According to one estimate, cyber theft by the Chinese has cost the U.S. economy more than $300 billion annually taking into account […]

07Mar 2019

A Big Company Stole and Patented My Invention. Can I have the patent transferred to me?

March 7, 2019 Litigation, Patent
gavel of justice

In a word, yes. Consider this situation:  An entrepreneur comes up with a new invention, let’s say, a self-inflating tire.  A big tire company, which has unsuccessfully tried to develop self-inflating tires for years, signs a non-disclosure agreement and comes to inspect the tire.  The non-disclosure agreement is a contract by which the big tire […]

14Feb 2019

MacDonald’s Loses its Mojo in the EU

February 14, 2019 Trademark
The-Top-Computer-Companies-In

McDonald’s Trademark BIG MAC Trademarks may reside in families.  A family of marks is a group of trademarks that have a recognizable common characteristic.  For example, you may recall that Eastman Kodak owned trademarks for KODACOLOR, KODAMATIC, and KODACHROME, the term “Koda” being the common element of all three trademarks.  A family of marks is […]

07Feb 2019

Anish Kapoor Declares Victory!

February 7, 2019 Copyright
Question on a Keyboard

In October 2018 we wrote about Anish Kapoor’s lawsuit against the National Rifle Association (“NRA”) for copyright infringement. You may recall that the NRA published a video called the “Clenched Fist of Truth,” a controversial video about the “liberal insurgency… destroying American Society.” In the video, were fleeting images of various sculptural and architectural works, […]

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