Blog – Adam Garson Law

04Jul 2019

Momentum in Congress Builds for… Something

July 4, 2019 Patent
Designs for patents

In last May’s newsletter we told you about proposed changes to the patent statute to, hopefully, correct some of the damage that the Supreme Court has done to the U.S. patent system over the last decade.  Among other things, the Supreme Court has expanded the judge-made categories of inventions that cannot be patented to include […]

20Jun 2019

Congress Takes a Swing at Patentable Subject Matter

June 20, 2019 Patent
Designs for patents

There are some great inventions that cannot be protected by patent.  Laws of nature, such as electromagnetism , cannot be patented.  Abstract ideas, such as mathematical formulae , cannot be patented.  Natural phenomena, such as a naturally occurring bacteria, cannot be patented.  These judge-made exceptions to ‘patentable subject matter’ do not appear in the statute.*   In recent years, the Supreme Court has issued decisions that […]

13Jun 2019

Amazon vs. Amazonas: Selling Stuff Prevails

June 13, 2019 Internet Law
Internet Domains

The Amazon River is the longest, mightiest river in the world.  Its headwaters lie in the Andes of Peru but numerous rivers of the Amazon Basin drain into the Amazon River as it meanders towards the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon Basin, or Amazonas, is massive, comprised of seven countries – Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, […]

06Jun 2019

Are You the Victim of a Data Breach?

June 6, 2019 Internet Law
Internet Domains

Bad actors are after your data.  They want to turn your data into money any way that they can.  That may involve using your data to steal your online banking passwords and account numbers, or may involve stealing personal and contact data to make a phishing attack more convincing and effective.  Why?  So that you […]

16May 2019

Ask Dr. Copyright About the “Vessel”

May 16, 2019 Ask Dr. Copyright
Question on a Keyboard

Dear Doc: The spouse and I recently visited New York City, and while there, we went to see the “Vessel“, which is “an interactive staircase and art installation located at Hudson Yards”. It was interesting, but I felt uneasy because I felt that by going there, I was somehow giving up a lot of my […]

09May 2019

Ransomware

May 9, 2019 cybersecurity, Patent
Internet Domains

Consider this situation: you get to work one morning and attempt to open your computer.  A pop-up message tells you that your hard drive is encrypted and demands that you make a payment, in Bitcoin, to get access to your files.  Your coworkers have the same experience.  Your company’s servers are frozen.  You and your […]

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 […]

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