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Patentable Software Update: Federal Circuit Finds Another Software Invention Patentable
Visual Memory LLC v. NVIDIA Corporation, serves as yet another example of how software may be…
Transferring Intent-to-Use Applications – Trademark Owners Beware
My clients frequently ask me if they – trademark owners – may transfer ownership interest…
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…
