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Intellectual Improbabilities™ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, December 2019 An eclectic gathering of recent intellectual property developments.
Joint Authorship of Copyright: UK Court of Appeal Tears Up the Script By Ben Milloy Intellectual Property, December 2019 A look at joint authorship under UK copyright law.
Mission Accomplished: Supreme Court Ratifies Seventh Circuit’s ‘Rejection-as-Breach Rule’ for Trademarks in Bankruptcy By Phillip R. Van Ness Intellectual Property, December 2019 The U.S. Supreme Court recently addressed a split among the appellate courts as to the consequences when a trademark licensor files for bankruptcy.
Inside the USPTO-TM By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, September 2019 A summary of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office visit to Chicago on July 11, 2019.
Intellectual Improbabilities™ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, September 2019 An eclectic gathering of recent intellectual property developments.
Thinking Like the Herd Intellectual Property, September 2019 Linda Holser interview Temple Grandin, one of the world’s compelling voices in science and innovation.
‘Who Owns the News? A History of Copyright’ by Will Slauter: A Review By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, September 2019 Modern U.S. copyright law has had a number of picky technicalities, some of which were only clarified this year.
Quick Takes for Your Practice: Intellectual property basics—patents By Kenneth Matuszewich Business Advice and Financial Planning, July 2019 Attorney Kenneth Matuszewski discusses the basics of utility and design patents, and how the two differ.
American beer giants Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors clash over Super Bowl advertisement and corn syrup usage By Steven L. Baron & TJ Kliebhan Intellectual Property, June 2019 A summary of MillerCoors, LLC  v. Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC.
Intellectual improbabilities™ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, June 2019 An eclectic gathering of recent intellectual property developments.
The Music Modernization Act, the Mechanical Licensing Collective, and the Open Music Initiative: The need for collaboration By Steven L. Baron & Adam Farag Intellectual Property, June 2019 With the advent of digital service providers like Spotify and Apple Music, the laws governing mechanical licensing were in need of a significant overhaul.
Quick Takes for Your Practice: Intellectual property basics—patents By Kenneth Matuszewich Intellectual Property, June 2019 Attorney Kenneth Matuszewski discusses the basics of utility and design patents, and how the two differ.
Intellectual improbabilities™ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, April 2019 An eclectic gathering of recent intellectual property developments.
Licensing arrangements for branded restaurants in luxury hotels: Considerations for hotel owners, operators, and restauranteurs By Jeffrey A. Citron, Mario Di Fiore, & David Nadler Intellectual Property, April 2019 An overview of a few of the many considerations in negotiating and implementing restaurant licensing arrangements within the context of the operations of a luxury hotel.
Privatization problems at public colleges and universities By Monica Owens Intellectual Property, April 2019 American Association of University Professors chapters need expert legal support in their work to defend faculty IP rights.
SCOTUS maintains a waiting game for copyright: Resolving a circuit split, SCOTUS requires registration of copyright before suit By Jonathan LA Phillips Intellectual Property, April 2019 In Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that registration, not application for registration, of a copyright is necessary before an infringement suit can proceed.
Intellectual Improbabilities™ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, January 2019 An eclectic gathering of recent intellectual property developments.
New federal government ruling approves companies’ employment policies By Alan M. Kaplan Intellectual Property, January 2019 To protect a company’s intellectual property, companies need to be mindful of federal and state statutes and regulations as well as decisions by different government agencies.
Data transparency label Intellectual Property, November 2018 Marketing and media trade groups have issued a beta version of a proposed new data transparency label modeled after the nutritional label.
Five steps you can take starting today to get ready for new noncompete legislation (Massachusetts) By Sonia M. Steele Intellectual Property, November 2018 New restrictions and requirements for noncompete agreements in Massachusetts draw no distinction between employees and independent contractors.
Intellectual improbabilities™ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, November 2018 An eclectic gathering of recent intellectual property developments.
Locking PDPA’s floodgates: My Digital Lock Pte. Ltd. By Jonathan Liang Intellectual Property, November 2018 An overview of a recent case that clarified the application of the Personal Data Protection Act.
New Massachusetts trade secret laws effective October 1, 2018 By Andrew T. O’Connor Intellectual Property, November 2018 Massachusetts recently enacted the Massachusetts Trade Secrets Act, and retailers should take this opportunity to revisit their trade secret protocols as well as their employee handbooks, and future employment agreements.
USPTO gives patent examiners new subject matter eligibility guidelines following Vanda By Michael J. Weil Intellectual Property, November 2018 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued new guidelines to patent examiners in June 2018 following the ruling in Vanda Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. West-Ward Pharmaceuticals.
New federal government ruling approves companies’ employment policies By Alan M. Kaplan Business Advice and Financial Planning, October 2018 To protect a company’s intellectual property, companies need to be mindful of federal and state statutes and regulations as well as decisions by different government agencies.
Canada looks to foster innovation, business growth with new IP strategy By Anthony Turco International and Immigration Law, July 2018 The Canadian government recently unveiled its long-awaited intellectual property strategy, which is designed to increase intellectual property awareness and foster an ecosystem that supports business growth, innovation, and competition.
Canada looks to foster innovation, business growth with new IP strategy By Anthony Turco Intellectual Property, June 2018 The Canadian government recently unveiled its long-awaited intellectual property strategy, which is designed to increase intellectual property awareness and foster an ecosystem that supports business growth, innovation, and competition.
Hold the Mayo: Vanda ruling reviews patent subject matter eligibility By Michael J. Weil Intellectual Property, June 2018 The recent Vanda v. West-Ward decision cut a distinct path through the controversial Mayo and Alice rules for evaluating subject matter eligibility of patents.  
Intellectual improbabilities™ By Daniel Kegan Intellectual Property, June 2018 An eclectic gathering of recent intellectual property developments.
Seventh Circuit: Personal jurisdiction over a defendant cannot be established merely by an allegation of deliberate infringement of a trademark owned by a forum entity By Steven L. Baron & Dale R. Kurth Intellectual Property, June 2018 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently rendered a decision that reminds the holders of trademark rights that, when suing for infringement, the need to establish personal jurisdiction over the allegedly infringing defendant must not be overlooked.

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