Intellectual Property

NAACP Wannabe Local Shut Down With Trademark Claim

September 9, 2015

The dispute followed suspension of the Cincinnati branch of the NAACP by the national, after the local had postponed an […]

For Patent Holders, Reissue May Solve Alice Uncertainty

September 9, 2015

The Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International may call into question hundreds of thousands of […]

Cartridge Recycler Hit With Patent Claim

September 2, 2015

A printing cartridge recycling entrepreneur who started out decades ago working in his father’s typewriter business delivering ribbons is being […]

Sandwiches Not Copyrightable

September 1, 2015

In 1987 Norberto Colón Lorenzana spiced up the menu of Puerto Rico’s Church’s Chicken with the “Pechu Sandwich,” a fried […]

Troll Insurance For A Novel Target: Advertisers

August 26, 2015

The Association of National Advertisers has launched an insurance product that is intended to protect national advertisers from infringement claims […]

Trump’s Trademark Trumps His Business Savvy

August 26, 2015

Increasingly, Donald Trump’s fortune has been more reliant on harnessing his celebrity brand than the business strategy – risking capital […]

Apple's 'Slide to Unlock' Patent Invalidated By German Court

August 26, 2015

Germany’s highest appeals court confirmed a 2013 ruling that rejected Apple Inc.’s attempt to patent its “slide to unlock” smartphone […]

Examiner Bilks USPTO

August 26, 2015

An unnamed patent examiner who logged low performance evaluations and had a handful of reprimands was also falsifying time records, […]

City Can't Copyright Council Meetings

August 24, 2015

A federal court in California has ruled that the city of Inglewood can’t use copyright law to shut down a […]

Statistics Show IPRs Favor Patent Challenges

August 23, 2015

The America Invents Act of 2012 introduced Inter Partes review as a new way to challenge the validity of patents […]

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