Blog: Protecting Businesses and Their Owners
U.S. Supreme Court Holds That A Copyright Claimant May Not File Infringement Suit Until The Copyright Office Registers A Copyright
Although an author automatically gains copyright protection for her work immediately upon the work’s creation, an author may not file an infringement action in court until “registration of the copyright has been made” in accordance with the Copyright Act....
SCOTUS Finds An Inventor’s Sale of Product to Third Party can Qualify as Prior Art 35 U.S.C. § 102(a)
In short, the Court found that the sale of an invention to a third party who is obligated to keep the invention confidential by agreement may place the invention “on sale” for purposes of the Leahy‑Smith America Invents Act (AIA), which bars a person from obtaining a patent on an invention that was Ain public use, on sale, or otherwise available to the public before the effective filing date of the claimed invention.
8 Mistakes Inventors Make With Patent Attorneys
Coleman & Horowitt is a proud sponsor of Valley Innovators, a company dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, mentorship and development of capital for startups. As part of our sponsorship, attorneys from Coleman & Horowitt participate in...
Practical Tips on Protecting Your Business from a Copyright Lawsuit
Have you ever uploaded an image from the internet and used it in your promotional brochure or found a perfect blog post and incorporated it into your own blog theme? If the answer is yes, you may have inadvertently violated copyright law. Copyright law, in a...
CEQA Revised Guidelines Memorandum
Coleman & Horowitt LLP provided a presentation to the American Council of Engineering Companies/ San Joaquin Chapter on January 9, 2019 regarding the revised CEQA Guidelines.