PTAB under fire at the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two separate cases today regarding the constitutionality of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) system within the U.S…
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The Value of an NDA
As each growing business quickly realizes, Intellectual Property (IP) will often be the company’s most valuable asset. The Atomic Café, a coffee shop and bean roasting…
How to Determine If Patenting Is the Right IP Protection Strategy for Your Mobile App
When it comes to protecting the intellectual property behind your new mobile application, you may have to consider your options carefully to determine what course of…
NFL partially fails to challenge SUPERBOWL trademark
Although there is often significant overlap between the USPTO and the intellectual property offices of other countries, a recent UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO)…
It’s Not Always Obvious to Combine Prior Art
Even when prior art discloses each of several concepts included within a Patent, it may still be patentable. According to the USPTO’s Patent and Trial Appeal Board…
The Federal Circuit Clarifies Venue for Patent Suits
The Federal Circuit has rejected the Eastern District of Texas’ test for establishing venue in a patent infringement suit. After the US Supreme Court’s holding in TC…
Velcro Stands up to ‘Genericide’
Velcro is taking a stand against trademark ‘genericide’ and trying to inform the public, in a fun and entertaining way, about the danger businesses face when the public…
Yoko Ono Forces John Lemon to Rebrand
John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, successfully forced a European drink company to rebrand its “John Lemon” beverages. Ono has been actively involved in protecting the…
Hershey Takes Out The Milton
The Milton Hotel in Hershey, Pennsylvania, home of The Hershey Company, recently found itself in a sticky situation after Hershey filed a trademark infringement suit over…
TASER Rival Seeks Stay To Appeal Injunction, Sanctions
Law360, Miami (August 31, 2017, 6:19 PM EDT) — Electrical weapon maker PhaZZer Electronics asked a Florida federal court Wednesday to stay enforcement of its orders…
Pierogies Bite Back
A bitter dispute is coming to a boil between a suburban Chicago chamber of commerce in Indiana and a Pennsylvania community committee for Edwardsville over cultural…
Has Google Become Too Generic to be a Trademark?
Google succeeded last year in the 9th Circuit defending the right to maintain protections over its trademark “GOOGLE” despite arguments that the word had become a generic…
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