Today is National and World Pi Day because the numbers of the day (3-14) match the first three digits for pi or π, the Greek letter, 3.1415926535897... Although most people think that π is relegated to just geometry and trigonometry,…
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The Constitutional Foundations of IP – A Natural Rights Perspective
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…
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World IP Day 2017 Redux
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
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…
Ray Van Dyke Teaches About IP in Montgomery County, Maryland
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 the…
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Ray Van Dyke Teaches Course on Intellectual Property at SMU
Next week at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, I reprise my course on intellectual property. Excerpts from the course description are set forth below and available online at http://lyle.smu.edu/~matula/IPIT/ Dr. David Matula and I have taught the class since…
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Ray Van Dyke teaching a Class on Patent Law
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…
Ray Van Dyke Teaches Course on Intellectual Property at SMU
Next week at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, I reprise my course on intellectual property. Excerpts from the course description are set forth below and available online at http://lyle.smu.edu/~matula/IPIT/ Dr. David Matula and I have taught the class since…
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