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03Jan 2019

Treble Damages for Willful Patent Infringement

January 3, 2019 Patent
gavel of justice

Stryker Corporation sued Zimmer, Inc. for patent infringement.  There was no question whether Zimmer infringed Stryker’s patent – it did.  Zimmer believed Stryker’s patent was invalid and believed that it would prevail in the infringement lawsuit.  Zimmer had good reason to believe that the Stryker patent was invalid.  As a result, Zimmer continued to infringe […]

13Dec 2018

Is a Trademark Tangible or Intangible Property? And What does this have to do with the Mongols?

December 13, 2018 Intellectual Property, Trademark
TM is for Trademarks

Tangible or Intangible?  This is actually an interesting question. If you erect a sign displaying a trademark over a store, isn’t that a tangible representation of a trademark? Of course it is.  On the other hand, if you were to license your trademark for use by another company, you don’t transfer a physical representation of […]

15Nov 2018

Nobody Repairs Stuff Anymore!

November 15, 2018 Copyright
Copyright

If one of your electronic car components fails or your cell phone dies, good luck getting it fixed or even diagnosed by a third party.  Your auto mechanic may not have the tools to diagnose the problem (and can’t get them) and good luck finding a third party to repair your cell phone.  Folks have […]

08Nov 2018

Ask Dr. Copyright – Protection of Characters

November 8, 2018 Ask Dr. Copyright
Question on a Keyboard

Dear Doc: I know that Mickey Mouse is still enjoying copyright protection because of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, and that once copyrights expire, characters become “public domain”. How can you explain some of the direct knockoffs I have seen at the Halloween stores, like “A-Lad-In A Costume?” Signed, Perplexed Papa Dear PP […]

01Nov 2018

Zombie Detector

November 1, 2018 Patent

Here’s a familiar situation: the shuffling figure, arms outstretched moving slowly toward you, emitting indecipherable moans, munching on what could be human brains…  And the universal question: Is that a zombie or is it your teenage offspring?  The answer will determine whether you dispatch it in the most grisly way imaginable or feed it mac-and-cheese. . […]

11Oct 2018

The NRA and the Bean

October 11, 2018 Copyright, Intellectual Property
Copyright

The National Rifle Association (“NRA”) conjures up many things for many people:  gun lobby, gun rights, 2nd Amendment, just to recite a few.  It’s name, however, has rarely arisen in the intellectual property context until recently.  Here is some background. One of Chicago’s famous public sculptures, “Cloud Gate”, affectionately known as the “Bean”, is an […]

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