Blog – Adam Garson Law

02Aug 2018

California Enacts Its Version of GDPR

August 2, 2018 Robert Yarbrough cybersecurity, Internet Law, Privacy

In our April newsletter, we told you about the ‘General Data Protection Regulation’ (GDPR) that went into effect in the EU on May 25, 2018. That European regulation provides sweeping privacy requirements for anyone that does business with or collect identifying information on European residents. We opined that an American GDPR would not happen here […]

26Jul 2018

Ask Dr. Copyright — Are you a “SuperLawyer”?

July 26, 2018 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright

Dear Doc, I saw an advertisement in an in-flight magazine that showed the “Top Attorneys”. I’ve seen attorneys who say that they are “SuperLawyers”. I’ve even seen a listing of “America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators”. Can there really be so many great lawyers? Signed, Confused Dear Confused: The Doc has long been confused […]

19Jul 2018

Patent Fun Facts:

July 19, 2018 Robert Yarbrough Patent

Try rolling these out at the bar tonight. You’ll be the life of the party! Here goes: The USPTO issued its 10,000,000th patent on Tuesday June 19, 2018. That’s 10 million patents. The 10 millionth patent is owned by Raytheon and addresses LADAR range-finding technology, as used in self-driving cars. In 1997, the USPTO issued about 100,000 patents. In 2007 […]

12Jul 2018

Supreme Court to Consider the On-Sale Patent Bar

July 12, 2018 Robert Yarbrough Patent

Love ’em or hate ’em, we have the most enthusiastically activist Supreme Court in memory. The Supremes are taking on another patent case, this time relating to the on-sale patent bar. In general, when the Supreme Court decides a patent case, the law is in worse shape than it was before. As a refresher for […]

05Jul 2018

Getting Your Privacy Policy Right Under the GDPR

July 5, 2018 Adam Garson Internet Law, Privacy

We recently wrote about the EU’s new General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and how it might affect your business operations. You may recall that the main focus of the GDPR is the protection of personal data and digital privacy. If you offer products and services to EU citizens or collect, use, or share personal information […]

28Jun 2018

Ask Dr. Copyright — Stare Decisis and the Legal Rights of Animals

June 28, 2018 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright

Dear Doc: Shakespeare, in Henry VI, Part 2, has Dick the Butcher say, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” Now I know how he must have felt. You see, my friend and I filed a writ of habeas corpus in court in New York. We are being held prisoner, and […]

21Jun 2018

First Trade War Success – China Extends Patent Protection for Drugs to 25 Years

June 21, 2018 Robert Yarbrough Patent

China is the second largest market for pharmaceuticals on the planet, behind the United States. In one of its first concessions to U.S. trade pressure, China has extended patent protection for drugs to 25 years, up from 20 years. The change brings China into line with the U.S. and Europe, which allow a drug maker extra […]

14Jun 2018

Supreme Court Decides Patent Death Squads are (at least partly) Constitutional

June 14, 2018 Robert Yarbrough Patent

We previously described the evils of inter partes review, by which administrative panels within the USPTO kill issued patents with wild abandon. Former Chief Judge Rader of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals described inter partes review panels as ‘death squads killing property rights.’ A constitutional challenge to inter partes review was recently decided by the […]

07Jun 2018

Smelling the Doh – Registering an Iconic Smell with the USPTO

June 7, 2018 Adam Garson Trademark

Registering an Iconic Smell The distinctive smell of Play-Doh evokes memories of many happy hours of childhood play, those of my children and mine. Perhaps, if you played with the colored “doh,” you probably share similar nostalgia. Hasbro has been making Play-Doh since the 1950’s and its distinct odor is not natural but a fragrance […]

Blog – Adam Garson Law

Ask Dr. Copyright — Are you a “SuperLawyer”?

Patent Fun Facts:

Supreme Court to Consider the On-Sale Patent Bar

Ask Dr. Copyright — Stare Decisis and the Legal Rights of Animals

First Trade War Success – China Extends Patent Protection for Drugs to 25 Years

Supreme Court Decides Patent Death Squads are (at least partly) Constitutional

Smelling the Doh – Registering an Iconic Smell with the USPTO

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