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Copyright and the Game of Thrones

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon September 4, 2017March 13, 2022in America, author rights, authors, Congress, Copyright, Copyright Office, copyright tips, creative community, damages, federal circuit, Infringement, Innovation, intellectual property, IP, IP law, IP tips, litigation, statutory damag

The enormous popularity of HBO's Game of Thrones has driven many into a frenzy. Just as the Night King appropriated Daenerys Targaryen's dead dragon for his own uses, many viewers think that GoT episodes should be freely available for their own uses. …

Celebrate World IP Day! April 26th

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon April 24, 2017March 13, 2022in Congress, Copyright, copyright tips, creative community, George Washington, Innovation, Innovation for Improving Lives, INTA, intellectual property, International Trademark Association, Inventors, IP, IP law, IP tips, les, licensing, licensing executives society, Nike, patent, PepsiCo, philosophy, software patent, thomas jefferson, trade secret, trademark, Uncategorized, United States Patent & Trademark Office, USPTO, WIPD, World Intellectual Property Day, World IP Organization

Every April 26th is World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD). This commemorative day was created many years ago by the World IP Organization in Geneva. As the Chair of the Washington, DC Chapter for the Licensing Executives Society (LES), I have been…

Dale Lazar Speaks of Alice and 101 Challenges to DC LES CHAPTER

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon November 16, 2015March 13, 2022in Congress, intellectual property, Inventors, IP, IP law, les, licensing, licensing executives society, patent, patent damages, Supreme Court Rulings

As noted earlier, I wrote a blog piece on the Alice decision, Alice Doesn't Patent Here Anymore, http://rayvandyke.com/posts/. Thanks to those who read it.. On November 18, 2015 in Washington, DC, the Licensing Executives Society (www.les.org) is again having prominent IP attorney…

Jim Pooley to Speak at LES DC

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon October 20, 2015March 13, 2022in Congress, intellectual property, Inventors, IP, IP law, les, licensing, licensing executives society, litigation, trade secret

The Licensing Executives Society (www.les.org) is having their big annual meeting soon in New York. Hope to see viewers there. The Greater Washington, DC Chapter that I chair, covering the District, Northern Virginia and now Maryland has meetings throughout the region.…

Ray Van Dyke Teaches Intellectual Property Basics in Rockville, Maryland Starting October 6, 2015

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon September 18, 2015March 13, 2022in antitrust, Congress, Copyright, Infringement, intellectual property, Inventors, IP, IP law, licensing, licensing executives society, litigation, Supreme Court Rulings, trade secret

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 plans a series of presentations on the fundamentals of intellectual property law for this Fall, Winter and Spring…