Intellectual Property

Knowing When and Why to Maintain Your Trademarks

To maintain a trademark, the owner must complete and submit certain filings and fees with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) at specified intervals. When and why to maintain, and methods for preventing cancellation or trademark poaching.

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Proposes Fee Reductions

The USPTO has proposed a reduction in some of its fees for electronically filing trademark applications and renewing registrations, that may become effective January 2015.

John Wayne Estate, Duke University In Copyright Tussle Over “Duke” Bourbon

Duke University seeks to block the estate for the late actor John Wayne – often referred to as The Duke […]

Start-Ups Are Skipping NDAs When Pitching Investors

It used to be common practice, but now it’s rare for an entrepreneur to request, or for a funder to […]

Europe’s “Right To Be Forgotten” Creates A Business Niche

To help customers invoke their newly acquired “right to be forgotten,” reputation management firms are springing up in Europe to […]

Apple Loses Preliminary Chinese Patent Infringement Ruling Over “Siri”

A Beijing court ruled this week that Chinese company Zhizhen Network Technology Co. can pursue a patent infringement lawsuit against […]

Supreme Court Aereo Case And Determining “The Volitional Actor”

The Supreme Court’s ruling against Aereo last week adds one more element to the already-long list of ad hoc determinations […]

Google Helps Goldman Sachs Avoid Massive Data Breach From Errant Email

A Goldman Sachs contractor sent off an email containing “highly confidential brokerage account information” to the wrong address, but Google […]

Judge to Apple: Find Another Word For “Trolls”

In a patent infringement case filed by GPNE Corp., U.S. district judge Lucy Koh, who has overseen three major trials […]

Craft Beer Naming Frenzy Bumping Into Copyright

The meteoric rise of craft beers has meant a corresponding rise in the number of craft beer names, and with […]

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