Latest "Intellectual Property & Technology" Category Blog Posts

• Blog: Intellectual Property & Technology
  Date: February 14, 2020 Title: Trademark Update: New USPTO Rules Include Widely Criticized Applicant Email Requirements
  Summary: Effective February 15, 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will adhere to new trademark examination guidelines. The most significant for most trademark practitioners are the new email and specimen requirements....
• Blog: Intellectual Property & Technology
  Date: December 19, 2019 Title: An Overview of U.S. Design Rights – Infringement & Enforcement, Part 2 of 2
  Summary: In our previous post, we identified the types of design rights infringement that are actionable. In this part, we will cover the different types of remedies available to rights owners and defenses available to accused infringers....
• Blog: Intellectual Property & Technology
  Date: December 17, 2019 Title: An Overview of U.S. Design Rights – Infringement & Enforcement, Part 1 of 2
  Summary: This two-part blog series provides a primer on the different types of design rights in the United States and their enforcement. Part I will review the various types of infringement, and Part II will address remedies available to rights owners and defenses available to accused infringers. These posts are based on a paper and presentation delivered at the AIPLA’s Design Rights Boot Camp Conference in August 2019....
• Blog: Intellectual Property & Technology
  Date: December 13, 2019 Title: Design Patents 101 – Part 2 of 2
  Summary: This is the second installment of a two-part series on design patents. This part will discuss the design application process and briefly touch on the prosecution of such applications...
• Blog: Intellectual Property & Technology
  Date: December 11, 2019 Title: Design Patents 101 - Part 1 of 2
  Summary: This two-part blog series provides a primer on design patents and is based on a presentation delivered at the AIPLA Design Rights Boot Camp in August 2019). Part I will cover the basics of design patents and compare them to other IP protections, such as trademark and copyright. ...
• Blog: Intellectual Property & Technology
  Date: November 05, 2019 Title: Cleaning Up With Trade Secrets Under California’s Right to Know Act
  Summary: Companies who make cleaning products sold in California should take note of a new law coming into effect on January 1, 2020, especially if their products are made from proprietary formulas or include ingredient mixtures that may qualify as company trade secrets....
• Blog: Intellectual Property & Technology
  Date: October 29, 2019 Title: Players v. Haters: Ninth Circuit Says Creativity a Matter of Fact in Taylor Swift Copyright Suit
  Summary: Taylor Swift fans might need to calm down after yesterday’s decision out of the Ninth Circuit. In 2017, two songwriters sued Taylor Swift over the chorus of her hit song “Shake It Off,” alleging her song infringed the copyrighted lyrics in their song “Playas Gon’ Play,” released in 2001....
• Blog: Intellectual Property & Technology
  Date: October 17, 2019 Title: I Can’t Get Sued for Posting a Picture of Myself on Social Media… Can I?
  Summary: The rise of social media has presented the courts with a seemingly never ending slew of counterintuitive, but probably valid claims. For example, the pop star Justin Bieber recently posted an image on his social media of himself and a friend in the backseat of a car. The photo, of course, was taken by a paparazzo undoubtedly lying in wait for just the right opportunity to snap the angst-ridden star. The photographer has now filed suit for copyright infringement against Mr. Bieber....
• Blog: Intellectual Property & Technology
  Date: June 28, 2019 Title: Supreme Court Agrees to Review Appealability of PTAB Time-Bar Rulings
  Summary: On June 24, 2019, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review the question of whether 35 U.S.C. § 314(d) permits appeal of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decision to institute an inter partes review (IPR) upon finding that 35 U.S.C. § 315(b)’s 1-year time bar to file an IPR does not apply. ...
• Blog: Intellectual Property & Technology
  Date: June 28, 2019 Title: Supreme Court Declines to Hear ReDigi First Sale Doctrine Case
  Summary: Despite the potentially important impact of the Second Circuit’s decision in Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi Inc. on the digital music industry, the United States Supreme Court has denied ReDigi’s petition to review the Second Circuit’s refusal to apply the First Sale Doctrine to the transfer of digital music files. ...