Intellectual Property

22Nov 2018

USPTO Fixes Some of the Problems with the PTAB

November 22, 2018 Robert Yarbrough Intellectual Property, Patent

The ‘Patent Trial and Appeal Board’ (‘PTAB’) has 174 administrative judges, who hear appeals of actions by the USPTO, such as denials of patent applications. In the past, the USPTO has been accused of packing the PTAB panels with handpicked judges to reach a desired result in a particular case. Panels of the PTAB also […]

11Oct 2018

The NRA and the Bean

October 11, 2018 Adam Garson Copyright, Intellectual Property

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 […]

04Oct 2018

Federal Government Will Step In to Stop California Privacy Law

October 4, 2018 Robert Yarbrough Intellectual Property, Internet Law

Recent massive data breaches and notorious instances of misuse of data lit fires under privacy advocates, particularly in Europe and California. In our April, 2018 newsletter, we told you about the European Union’s sweeping new privacy program known as the ‘General Data Protection Regulation’ (GDPR), effective May 25, 2018. The GDPR changes the landscape for […]

30Apr 2018

Ask Dr. Copyright – FLASH “DOC” Update – Naruto Lacks Standing

April 30, 2018 Lawrence Husick Copyright, Intellectual Property

On April 23, 2018, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided that Naruto, the monkey who took a selfie, lacked standing to bring a law suit in under the Copyright Act. “We must determine whether a monkey may sue humans, corporations, and companies for damages and injunctive relief arising from claims of copyright infringement. Our […]

09Nov 2017

Science and the Court: Let’s Get Educated

November 9, 2017 Lawrence Husick Intellectual Property, Litigation

In the recent argument before the US Supreme Court about gerrymandering, Gill v. Whitford, a mathematical formula was presented to the judges that requires adding together two numbers (“wasted” vote totals) and dividing the sum by a third number (the total number of votes cast.) This formula is called the “Efficiency Gap” and lawyers told the justices […]

22Sep 2017

Ask Dr. Copyright about What is Intellectual Property

September 22, 2017 Lawrence Husick 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. […]

08Sep 2017

Doing Business Abroad? Be Prepared!

September 8, 2017 Adam Garson 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 […]

09Jun 2017

Is Google Guilty of “Genericide”?

June 9, 2017 Adam Garson Intellectual Property, Trademark

Is Google Guilty of “Genericide”? Mr. Chris Gillespie must have thought he had a brilliant idea when he registered multiple domain names that included the term “Google,” such as “googledisney.com,” “googleBarackObama.net,” “Googlenewtvs.com” and others. Did he truly believe that Google would not sue him? Or was this part of a grander scheme? Think about the […]

14Apr 2017

Breaking News: Ghostbusters Prevails Over Day of the Dead

April 14, 2017 Adam Garson Intellectual Property, Trademark

Late Breaking News: Ghostbusters Prevails Over Day of the Dead After Initial Defeat If you’re a vodka connoisseur, you probably know that Dan Aykroyd of Saturday Night Live, the Blues Brothers, and Ghostbusters fame partnered with another artist and Globefill, Inc. to manufacture and market vodka packaged in a skull shaped bottle and labeled as Crystal […]

09Mar 2017

Whiskey Wars: A Trademark Owner’s Duty to Maintain Its Rights

March 9, 2017 Adam Garson Intellectual Property, Trademark

Trademark owners have a duty to defend their trademarks against possible and actual infringement. Ignore infringers and your trademark rights may evaporate. Defending trademarks, however, is a full time job and not for the weak of heart (or wallet). The beverage industry is a breeding ground of intellectual property disputes and trademark owners aggressively defend […]

Intellectual Property

USPTO Fixes Some of the Problems with the PTAB

Ask Dr. Copyright – FLASH “DOC” Update – Naruto Lacks Standing

Science and the Court: Let’s Get Educated

Ask Dr. Copyright about What is Intellectual Property

Doing Business Abroad? Be Prepared!

Is Google Guilty of “Genericide”?

Breaking News: Ghostbusters Prevails Over Day of the Dead

Whiskey Wars: A Trademark Owner’s Duty to Maintain Its Rights

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