Intellectual Property

Responding to Surge in Fraudulent USPTO Specimens

The USPTO has recently seen a surge in fraudulent trademark applications relying on digitally altered specimens of use. Rather than […]

JetBlue Suing Jetblack

Low-cost airline JetBlue has filed suit against Walmart, alleging that Jetblack, Walmart’s concierge shopping service, is infringing on its trademark. […]

Strong Opinions On Alice’s Fifth Anniversary

The 2014 Supreme Court decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International held that claims drawn to an abstract idea […]

New York Chef Rails Against Seed Patents

The chef and co-owner of two New York restaurants bemoans concentration in the seed industry and the power now wielded […]

The Strange Case Of Pepe The Frog Ends With Settlement, Key Legal Questions Unresolved

A benign cartoon character named Pepe the Frog got morphed into an alt-right symbol, of exactly what it isn’t clear, […]

Big Payday For GC, But With A Gender Gap

Average annual salary increased in 2018, with the greatest increases showing up in publicly-traded companies. The highest levels were found in…

IP Free-For-All In The World Of Rap

When does borrowing and “sampling” become IP theft? That question didn’t get much attention back in the day when rap […]

Major Ruling Re Trademark Licenses In Bankruptcy

In an 8-1 decision handed down on May 20, the Supreme Court reversed the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals and […]

Houston School District Must Pay $9.2 Million In Copyright Suit

The Houston Independent School District, the largest in Texas and one of the largest in the U.S., has lost a […]

Huawei Banished? Private Right-Wing Venture Wants to Fill The Space

The business plan of a proposed 5G company, called Rivada Networks, would be dependent on a U.S. government contract that […]

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