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What is Secondary Meaning?
Brand developers and business owners should carefully consider the word or mark that consumers will…
Another Patent Eligible Software Invention – Trading Technologies International, Inc.
In Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. CQG, Inc. (“TTI”), the Federal Circuit found claims for a…
WHO IS THE TRADEMARK OWNER – DISTRIBUTOR OR MANUFACTURER?
One question that arises in trademark law is who is the owner of a trademark…
THE BUDDING TRADEMARK GREEN RUSH: A RACE TO PROTECT MARIJUANA RELATED BRANDS UNDER TRADEMARK LAW
Medicinal marijuana and/or recreational marijuana have been legalized on the state level in twenty-nine (29)…
So Whose Work is it Anyway?: A Discussion on Who Owns Copyrights to a Work
As an intellectual property lawyer I am often asked who owns the copyrights to a…
AMDOCS v. OPENET: ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF A PATENT ELIGIBLE SOFTWARE INVENTION
The Federal Circuit recently ruled in Amdocs (Israel) Limited V. Openet Telecom, Inc., Openet Telecom Ltd.,…
Responding to Trademark Office Actions
Many trademark applications filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) receive some…
HALO TEST FOR PROVING ENHANCED DAMAGES FOR WILLFUL PATENT INFRINGEMENT
Recently in the case Halo Electronics Inc. v. Pulse Electronics Inc., 136 U.S. 1923 (2016), the…
AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS FOR PATENTING AN INVENTION
The purpose of this document is to explain the timeline of the process for patenting…
