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12Aug 2016

Can Ordering a Prototype Kill Your Patent Rights?

August 12, 2016 Robert Yarbrough Patent

Before an inventor will build 10,000 units of a new invention, he or she will first build a prototype – or many prototypes – to make sure that the invention works as it should. For many inventions, the inventor does not have the resources to build the prototype and will farm out prototype production to […]

05Aug 2016

#copyright; #trademark; #patents; #ip

August 5, 2016 Adam Garson Trademark

Trademarking Hashtags Originating in Twitter as a means of designating keyword search terms, the # (hashtag) has become a ubiquitous symbol of the social media age. As the political season heats up, tweeting has gone wild with political candidates and their supporters exchange 140 character barbs. This hyperactivity has spilled over to print and digital […]

29Jul 2016

Ask Dr. Copyright … Trademark Rights in ‘Thank You’

July 29, 2016 Lawrence Husick Trademark

Trademarking Thanks? Dear Doc: My Mom always taught me to be extra-polite. Growing up in the South, I learned to call my elders “Ma’am” and “Sir”, and always to say “Please” and “Thank you”. I guess that the 2Big2Fail crowd was raised differently. I just heard that CitiGroup thinks that it owns “Thank You” and […]

21Jul 2016

It Was About time…

July 21, 2016 Robert Yarbrough Patent

for the Supreme Court to restore some balance to the patent system. The power of patents has eroded over the last decade, with the Supreme Court concluding that an infringer can only be enjoined from infringing in rare circumstances (Ebay v MercExchange) that pretty much any process that does not require a machine is not patentable […]

14Jul 2016

Ask Dr. Copyright… About Klingon

July 14, 2016 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright

Dear Doc: NuqneH! (Hello!) HIQaH! QaH! (Help!) Paramount Pictures Corporation thinks that it owns the copyright to the Klingon language. They’re trying to use that copyright to stop production of a fan film, “Prelude to Axanar” that is being developed with funding from Kickstarter. How is it possible for someone to own an entire language? jIyajbe’ (I don’t understand!) […]

07Jul 2016

So What Is Craft Beer, Anyway?

July 7, 2016 Adam Garson Trademark

Over the past several years, the question of what’s a “craft beer” and who qualifies to make a craft beer has been a front and center issue among the brewing community. It started when “Macro Brewers” began making “small” batch brews such as “Blue Moon” manufactured and sold by the “Blue Moon Brewing Company,” a […]

27Jun 2016

Employment Agreements to Protect Intellectual Property

June 27, 2016 Robert Yarbrough Intellectual Property

How do you, the cautious employer, protect yourself from trade secret theft? One way is through employment agreements. Many of the court cases involving employee theft of trade secrets include employment agreements with intellectual property terms. We believe that courts are more likely to conclude that the actions by a former employee are or will be a […]

20Jun 2016

Is State Law Still Important after the Defend Trade Secrets Act?

June 20, 2016 Robert Yarbrough Trademark

Trade secret owners have new Federal rights under the Defend Trade Secrets Act. But what about state law? Is state law still important for trade secret protection? You bet state law is still important. Trade secret owners have the same state trade secret rights that they had before the DTSA. Whenever a trade secret owner […]

06Jun 2016

Ask Dr. Copyright … DTSA Immunization

Dear Doc: When I joined MegaCorp, I was “asked” (well, told, actually) to sign a nondisclosure agreement that limits what I can do with any trade secrets I may learn while doing my job. That agreement says that I can’t tell a single, solitary soul, and that if I do, MegaCorp will, I guess, […]

31May 2016

Defend Trade Secrets Act – A New Federal Cause of Action

May 31, 2016 Adam Garson Trademark

On May 11, 2016, President Obama signed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA” or “Act”). The bill was largely uncontroversial (imagine that), passing the Senate by an 87-0 vote and the House by a 410-2 vote. The DTSA is an important piece of legislation. It is so important that we have decided to focus our […]

Blog – Adam Garson Law

Can Ordering a Prototype Kill Your Patent Rights?

#copyright; #trademark; #patents; #ip

Ask Dr. Copyright … Trademark Rights in ‘Thank You’

It Was About time…

Ask Dr. Copyright… About Klingon

So What Is Craft Beer, Anyway?

Employment Agreements to Protect Intellectual Property

Is State Law Still Important after the Defend Trade Secrets Act?

Ask Dr. Copyright … DTSA Immunization

Defend Trade Secrets Act – A New Federal Cause of Action

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