Intellectual Property
Starbucks didn’t convince an appeals court that customers were confused by the “Charbucks” coffee brand being offered by a small […]
Google’s effort to scan more than 20 million books counts as fair use under copyright law, the Second Circuit Court […]
Thanks to a clerical error by “someone with exquisite taste, but s–t for brains,” band Cadaver Dogs got no attribution or royalties when their song “Drop Zone” was used in a nationwide RadioShack commercial for new cell phones.
An animal rights activist who copyrighted the name of a wild black bear while she raised funds to relocate it […]
Advice from practitioners, about “weaving a coherent story” in the esoteric field of medical devices. It probably applies as well […]
A stock image company can sue for violations of copyright for images where they had filed a copyright application but […]
Corporate investigations into data breaches or fraud incidents will likely be examined after-the-fact by a regulator or in connection with […]
With a huge number of new domain names expected to appear within the next few months, protecting trademarks is going […]
Blame for the increase in patent litigation has been placed on patent trolls, but…
The duty of candor before the U.S. Patent and Trade Office is well understood. Less well understood is a provision […]
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