Intellectual Property

Plot Thickens In “Other White Meat” Trademark Lawsuit

The pork producer trade group, the National Pork Producers Council’s (NPPC), was granted its request to intervene in a festering […]

The theft of trade secrets may be the biggest transfer of wealth in history and likely costs U.S. innovators $300 […]

Companies that want their cases heard elsewhere are stuck in the oddball venue of the Eastern District of Texas, which, […]

An adult diaper patent is in dispute, but the real issue is how long is too long to wait to […]

The Supreme Court this week agreed to hear a case in which one manufacturer asserts copyright over a style of […]

A thoughtful trademark and trade dress strategy can address many of the challenges presented by counterfeiters, competitors and…

In a case that brings to the fore a thoroughly modern conundrum that will surely play out again in various […]

An Asian-American rock band that calls itself The Slants tried to trademark their name but the USPTO refused, citing a […]

A law that will create a federal civil remedy for stealing trade secrets has passed the House and Senate, and […]

A first-person account of a conference about legal issues and 3D printing, hosted by the Benesch law firm. One message: […]