Intellectual Property

A Well-Recognized Sentiment Attains More Memorable Status

On appeal to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the entertainer Lizzo has successfully registered the trademark “100% THAT BITCH.” […]

Report Says Patent Trial and Appeal Board Judges Pressured

The PTAB was created in 2012 as an alternative to the federal courts for settling certain patent disputes. The Supreme […]

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Let’s Fix Rule 702

In the Fall of 2004, I was arguing a case before typically stern Judge Frank Easterbrook in the U.S. Court […]

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Trade Secret Case Over A Defanged Psychedelic

A therapy that’s said to take the hallucinations out of a psilocybin high but leave beneficial antidepressant effect intact is […]

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$15M For “Passing Around” An Article, And No Insurance Coverage

An investment advisory firm that subscribed to a trade publication found its articles so useful it “passed them around,” rather […]

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Squire Patton Boggs, John Boehner, Sued Over Cannabis Lobbying Dispute

A Washington lobbyist has sued the firm and former Speaker of the House John Boehner, identified as “senior strategic advisor […]

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Privilege Can Be Fragile, Watch Your Tongue.

A federal court ruling in Kansas can be read as a warning to in-house counsel, a reminder “to train their […]

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RR/BAYC Apes BAYC; BAYC Sues RR/BAYC

Yuba Labs, the brains behind Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) nonfungible tokens, has sued conceptual artist Ryder Ripps. Neither the […]

Goodwill, Bad Will, and the Spirit of Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers got some bad press for tanking the global economy in 2008, but hey, that was a long time […]

FBI Probes Tinsel Town Art Fraud

You don’t have to be a ghoul to be an art collector, but sometimes it gives you a leg up. […]

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