Dec 6, 2016 | Intellectual Property law, News
Download the PDF here It never made sense to me that design patents — patents that protect an ornamental design instead of a functional aspect of a device — used a formula for determining damages that made them far more valuable than utility patents....
Oct 19, 2016 | Intellectual Property law, News
Download the PDF here The United States Patent and Trademark Office regularly holds events targeted all the various stakeholders it serves — inventors, startups, big companies, attorneys, trademark owners, etc. The events are all listed on the USPTO website,...
Sep 29, 2016 | Intellectual Property law, News
To download the article, “First Amendment v. Limits on Trademarks: On to the Supreme Court” click here In 2015, the Federal Circuit held that “the disparagement provision of [trademark law is] unconstitutional…. We recognize that invalidating...
Sep 22, 2016 | Intellectual Property law, News
Download the PDF here Original US Government works are not subject to copyright. The law is about as clear as it can be: Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government, but the United States Government is not...
Sep 20, 2016 | Intellectual Property law, News
By: Gary S. Shuster To download the article, “THE AMERICA INVENTS ACT TURNS FIVE — WHAT INVENTORS NEED TO KNOW” click here The America Invents Act (“AIA”) turned five years old last week. At the time of its adoption, independent inventors were...
Sep 12, 2016 | Intellectual Property law, News
To download the PDF click here Inventors are commonly the target of scams, so much so that the USPTO has issued specific guidance, invention promotion companies are subject to mandatory disclosure requirements, and Congress has passed a law prohibiting “Improper...