Dear Doc: I’m an attorney, and like most other lawyers, I went to law school because just the thought of taking organic chemistry in college gave me the dry heaves. Now the state Supreme Court has added a new rule that all lawyers have to follow. That rule says, “To maintain the requisite knowledge and […]
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Ask Dr. Copyright about What is Intellectual Property
September 22, 2017
Intellectual Property
Dear Doc: At times, you write about copyrights. At other times, you write about patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and other legal mumbo-jumbo. I’m confused. What’s all of that got to do with intellectual property? Signed, Inquiring Client Dear Inqy: Back in the dark ages, when the Doc passed the bar, things were pretty clear. […]
Is the USPTO Manipulating Inter Partes Review?
September 15, 2017
Patent
The answer is ‘yes.’ But why should we care? “Inter Partes Review” or “IPR” is a recent process by which a person infringing a patent can challenge the patent before a panel of USPTO employees. The USPTO employees are members of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The person challenging the patent will present […]
Doing Business Abroad? Be Prepared!
September 8, 2017
Intellectual Property
Many small to medium size businesses go to great pains to protect their intellectual property under United States law. It makes sense given that they, typically, do not sell their goods and services beyond our national frontier. So they register trademarks and patents with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), register copyrights with […]
When Will a Court Order a Patent Infringer to Stop Infringing?
August 18, 2017
Patent
Court Oder to Stop a Patent Infringer If an infringer copies your patented invention, a judge should make them stop, right? Not necessarily. An order from a judge directing someone to do or not do something (such as to stop infringing your patent) is called an ‘injunction.’ Not too long ago, if a federal judge […]
Postage Stamps, Public Artworks and Copyright Infringement Dear Doc: I’ve heard that when the Post Office makes a mistake in printing a stamp, they can really increase in value. I’ve also heard that the USPS made a whopper of a mistake that is headed for court soon. What can you tell me? Signed, Phil […]
How to Pick a Trademark that Won’t be Rejected by the USPTO At Lipton, Weinberger & Husick, we spend a lot of time reviewing office actions issued to clients who filed trademarks on their own or with a trademark service like LegalZoom or Trademarkia. Registration services provide only the bare essentials when it comes to […]
The Washington Redskins NFL team has been fighting for years to maintain its registered trademarks containing the term REDSKINS. Its on and off again fight has been hotly debated in public, press and the courts. Finally, the United States Supreme Court has weighed in. Funny enough, the case before them was not that of the Redskins but […]
Don’t Mess with Texas
July 14, 2017
Litigation, Patent
The Eastern District of Texas is a large rural Federal judicial district. The biggest city is about the size of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Not what you would expect of a hotbed of patent litigation. Nonetheless, the Eastern District of Texas has dominated patent infringement litigation for years. In the first quarter of 2017, patent plaintiffs filed […]
Dear Doc: I know that there’s a court case over whether a monkey that took a selfie can own the copyright in the photo (or whether there even is a copyright on it.) I just read that computers are learning how to write music, paint pictures, and do lots of things that we humans think are creative. Can […]