Innovation for Improving Lives – 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…

Roberts Rules of Order

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon May 30, 2017March 13, 2022in alice, America, antitrust, author rights, authors, CLS v Alice, Copyright, copyright tips, damages, Infringement, Innovation, Innovation for Improving Lives, intellectual property, Inventors, IP, IP law, IP tips, les, licensing, licensing executives society, litigation, patent damages, software patent, Supreme Court Rulings, Uncategorized, United States Patent & Trademark Office, USPTO

The Supreme Court has been quite active fine-tuning the patent system and deboning the law of the Federal Circuits for many years. Today is no exception. In Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc. (May 30, 2017), Chief Justice Roberts…

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…

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…