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01Mar 2016

Have a Great Idea for BMW? Forget About It!

March 1, 2016 Adam Garson Litigation

Have you ever had a great idea for an existing product? Were you dying to approach the manufacturer to suggest it? Do you think that the manufacturer would even listen to you? David Lazarus, an LA Times reporter, recently wrote about this subject. Mr. Lazarus recounts the experience of a Dr. Ron Aryel, who approached […]

23Feb 2016

What Happens If the Lights Go Out at the PTO?

February 23, 2016 Robert Yarbrough Intellectual Property

Now we know. On December 22 the PTO experienced what it called a ‘catastrophic failure’ of the electronic patent and trademark filing and data systems due to a power outage. The PTO technology staff worked through the Christmas holiday, and this writer can testify that the system was back up and receiving patent filings by […]

16Feb 2016

Oracle, Say It’s Not So!

February 16, 2016 Robert Yarbrough Intellectual Property

The Federal Trade Commission both announced charges of deception against Oracle and that those claims have been settled. The claims relate to misleading statements made by Oracle relating to security vulnerabilities of the Java software. Java is installed on 850 million personal computers, including yours. Oracle represented to consumers that updates to the Java product corrected security […]

09Feb 2016

Want to Collect Attorney’s Fees? Explain Why You Don’t Infringe!

February 9, 2016 Robert Yarbrough Lipton Weinberger & Husick Blog

Most parties to litigation have to pay their own attorneys’ fees. The patent statute includes an exception – in “exceptional” circumstances, the successful party in patent infringement litigation can collect attorneys’ fees from the losing party. Not every losing litigant is liable for the other party’s fees. The reasonableness of the party’s litigation position and the unreasonableness […]

02Feb 2016

Ask Dr. Copyright…Is “The Big Game” Trademarked?

February 2, 2016 Lawrence Husick Ask Dr. Copyright

Dear Doc: Everywhere I look today, I see advertisements about what to eat during “THE BIG GAME”. What’s up with that? Signed, Super Confused Dear Sportsfan: According to the National Football League, “Super Bowl®” is their registered trademark for television broadcasting services; television transmission services; distribution of television programming to cable and satellite television systems; […]

02Jan 2016

Follow Up: Anne Frank’s Copyright

January 2, 2016 Adam Garson Copyright

Following up on a recent post, the copyright for the Diary of Anne Frank was set to expire in 2016 and, despite the controversy, so it did. The Verge reports that a spokesperson for French parliament member Isabelle Attard, posted a copy of the diary on her blog where she writes “welcome to the light, dear Anne.” Attard […]

20Nov 2015

The Diary of Anne Frank was Also Written by Her Father (or so they say)!

November 20, 2015 Adam Garson Copyright

Breaking News: The Diary of Anne Frank was Also Written by Her Father (or so they say)! Most of us are familiar with the Diary of Anne Frank in which a 13 year old girl writes in her own words about Nazi occupation and coming of age under the unimaginable circumstances of hiding under Nazi occupation. […]

12Nov 2015

When is a patent owner entitled to ‘enhanced damages’ for infringement?

The patent statute provides that a patent owner can collect money damages from an infringer. Section 284 of the statute provides that “…the court may increase the damages up to three times the amount found or assessed.” In other words, the trial judge may award the patent owner money damages and may increase those damages […]

20Oct 2015

What’s So “Efficient” About Patent Infringement?

October 20, 2015 Lawrence Husick Patent

In a recent editorial in the New York Times, Joe Nocera discussed “patent trolls” and the concept of efficient infringement of patent rights. Briefly, this idea is that large companies just ignore patents completely, taking a “so sue me” attitude, knowing that they have legions of lawyers who can wear down patent owners, and that […]

16Oct 2015

Ask Dr. Copyright… The real value of a “juris doctor” degree?

Dear Doc: I know that you have a “juris doctor” degree (hence, the “Dr.” in your title) that you got by spending three long, hard years in law school. For those of us who don’t have the time, money, or frankly, any interest in going to law school, can you tell us what you learned […]

Blog – Adam Garson Law

Have a Great Idea for BMW? Forget About It!

What Happens If the Lights Go Out at the PTO?

Oracle, Say It’s Not So!

Want to Collect Attorney’s Fees? Explain Why You Don’t Infringe!

Ask Dr. Copyright…Is “The Big Game” Trademarked?

Follow Up: Anne Frank’s Copyright

The Diary of Anne Frank was Also Written by Her Father (or so they say)!

When is a patent owner entitled to ‘enhanced damages’ for infringement?

What’s So “Efficient” About Patent Infringement?

Ask Dr. Copyright… The real value of a “juris doctor” degree?

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