Abraham Lincoln – Van Dyke Intellectual Property Law

The Constitutional Foundations of IP – A Natural Rights Perspective

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon July 20, 2017March 13, 2022in Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, America, Benjamin Franklin, Copyright, George Washington, Infringement, Innovation, Innovation for Improving Lives, intellectual property, Inventors, IP, IP law, IP tips, les, licensing, licensing executives society, patent damages, philosophy, software patent, Supreme Court Rulings, thomas jefferson, United States Patent & Trademark Office, update, USPTO

Despite the value of intellectual properties to the United States, there have been numerous efforts of late to curtail those rights, rights which were enacted by our Founders to encourage inventors and creators. The Constitutionality of some of these rights…

World IP Day 2017 Redux

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon May 2, 2017March 13, 2022in Abraham Lincoln, America, Americana, Copyright, George Washington, Infringement, Innovation, Innovation for Improving Lives, INTA, intellectual property, International Trademark Association, Inventors, IP, IP law, IP tips, les, licensing, licensing executives society, Nike, patent, patent damages, PepsiCo, philosophy, Supreme Court Rulings, trade secret, trademark, Uncategorized, United States Patent & Trademark Office, USPTO, WIPD, WIPO, World Intellectual Property DayLeave a comment

The celebration of World Intellectual Property Day at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office was held on April 26, 2017, where April 26th is the official anniversary date. After the Chief Policy Officer of the USPTO, Shira Perlmutter, started the event, there…

Ray Van Dyke teaching a Class on Patent Law

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon November 23, 2015March 13, 2022in Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, intellectual property, Inventors, IP, IP law, les, licensing, licensing executives society, litigation, patent damages, philosophy, Supreme Court Rulings, thomas jefferson, trade secret, Uncategorized

As noted, as Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Section for the Bar Association of Montgomery County (BAMC), I am pleased to report that the IP Section is having a continuing series of presentations on the fundamentals of intellectual property law at…