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31Jul 2014

Trademarks, Personal Names, and Chocolate

July 31, 2014 Trademark
TM is for trademarks

A client recently asked whether he could apply to register his personal name as a trademark.  Of course, just ask Lebron James, Sarah Palin, Arnold Schwarzeneggr, or Elvis (if you catch sight of him), all of whom registered their names as trademarks.  Does that mean if your name is “Joe,” you can register “Joe’s Bar” […]

31Jul 2014

Commentary: An Abstract Fairy Tail

July 31, 2014 Patent
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Last month the Supreme Court decided the case of Alice v. CLS Bank and wandered around once again in wonderland. Let me explain.  The U.S. Supreme Court, as judge made law, has grafted onto patent law the concepts that one cannot obtain a patent on a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an abstract […]

28Jun 2014

Ask Dr. Copyright …

June 28, 2014 Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright
TM is for Trademarks

Dear Doc: Ever since you wrote about Aereo, the company with bazillions of tiny TV antennas and video recorders, I have been waiting for them to come to my town, so that I could get a decent television picture (no more of that digital BRAAAAP every 16 seconds unless I stand next to the TV […]

28Jun 2014

Skins Lose Trademark Game Before the TTAB

June 28, 2014 Trademark
TM is for Trademarks

If you haven’t heard by now, this past week the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office canceled several trademarks owned by Pro-Football, Inc. (“Pro Football”) for the term “Redskins” on grounds that the marks were “disparaging to Native Americans.”  This issue has been around for some time […]

28Jun 2014

Busy, Busy, Busy

June 28, 2014 Patent
The-Top-Computer-Companies-In

The Supreme Court has had a busy time of it in June stirring the patent pot, with decisions in three cases and arguments in a fourth. The general rule is that whenever the Supreme Court decides a patent case, the law is left in worse shape than it was before. The recent decisions are no […]

28Jun 2014

Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.1

June 28, 2014 Internet Law
Courtroom

A cyber security firm called Norse maintains what it claims to be a dynamic, real-time map of cyber attacks as they happen, showing cities of origin and targets.  The first thing you’ll do after viewing this constantly-changing map is update your security software.  The second is to clean the cobwebs out of your filing cabinet. […]

30May 2014

Ask Dr. Copyright …

May 30, 2014 Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright
Internet and Intellectual Property

Dear Doc: I have heard that the music and movie industries want Congress to add a new part to the Copyright Law, one that would say that it is a violation of a copyright owner’s rights to “make available” a copy of a work, even if the copy is never accessed by anyone. What gives? […]

30May 2014

“Raging Bull” and “Stairway to Heaven” — Old But Not Forgotten

May 30, 2014 Copyright
Copyright concepts

This week, the United States Supreme Court issued an opinion of great importance to those wishing to enforce their copyrights. In Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., the Supreme Court clarified confusion among lower courts about whether the doctrine of laches (also known as unreasonable delay) could bar a lawsuit for copyright infringement.  While the court’s opinion […]

30Apr 2014

Ask Dr. Copyright …

April 30, 2014 Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright
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Ask Dr. Copyright … Dear Doc: I write the songs that make the whole world sing. Unfortunately, with all that songwriting, I really don’t have the time to listen to every radio station that plays my songs, every online store that sells them, and every band, chorus, glee club, and lounge act that covers them […]

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