Why is today Pi Day? National Pi Day is 3-14, which is the first three digits of pi, the Greek constant that lets us figure out the geometry of circles and much, much more.
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How Not to Copy: What is Fair and What is Fair Use?
The doctrine of fair use allows people in certain instances to copy or use the work or content of others. The ease of duplication nowadays has caused an increase of copying, and an increase in copyright lawsuits and the defense…
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Roberts Rules of Order
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…
Supreme Court Messes with Texas
The Supreme Court today decided a monumental case in patent law regarding venue, i.e., where a patent plaintiff can file a lawsuit. TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC (May 22, 2017). For a few decades, the operative…
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…
The Importance of Pi
Today is National Pi Day because the numbers of the day (3-14) match the first three digits for Pi, which is both an irrational and a transcendental number, i.e., the number is not a ratio or a root of any…
Silent Spring for Patents
Today the prominent IP website, http://www.ipwatchdog.com, published my piece about the ongoing and harmful effects of the AIA and the relentless efforts of a small number of high companies to undermine the patent system to squelch competition. With the new…
Patent Damages Event Recap
As reported, the Greater Washington, DC Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) had a great Patent Damages Symposium on February 23, 2017. Here is a link to some pictures from the event: http://lesusacanada.site-ym.com/blogpost/1326845/269411/Patent-Damages-Symposium Many thanks to the speakers and host…
Patent Damages Symposium in Washington, DC
On February 23, 2017 in Washington, DC, the Licensing Executives Society (www.les.org) is having a Patent Damages Symposium with prominent damages professionals and IP attorneys, including Krista Holt, CEO of GreatBridge Consulting, Inc, Ryan Morris, a partner at Sidley &…
Copyrights for the Creative Community
For those in the Washington, DC area, I am speaking on the basics of Copyright for authors, videographers, and other artists for the Montgomery County Media group at Montgomery County Television in Rockville, MD tomorrow, September 13, 2016 starting at 6:30…
Beyond the Alice Event Horizon: the spaghettification of software patenting
For anyone interested in learning more about the state of affairs for software patents now two years after the Supreme Court Alice decision, I am giving a free webinar this Thursday, April 13, 2016, at 1 PM EST USA on…
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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…
Dale Lazar Speaks at LES
For those who read my blog the other day on the Alice decision, Alice Doesn't Patent Here Anymore, http://rayvandyke.com/posts/, I thank you. On September 17, 2015 in Reston, Virginia, the Licensing Executives Society (www.les.org) is having prominent IP attorney and my…
Patenting the Sun
In his 1955 interview with Edward R. Murrow on See It Now, Dr. Jonas Salk stated that he did not and would not obtain a patent on his polio vaccine, infamously saying, “Could you patent the Sun?” Although Dr.…
Playing Fair in the Patent Game
Imagine preparing for a major test based on two assigned essay questions. You read and analyze both, perhaps hire a tutor for a few thousand dollars, pay a large exam fee, and confidently take the test. The instructor says that…
Breaking Bad Patents
Breaking Bad Patents In AMC's Breaking Bad, high school chemistry teacher Walter White, although starting out as a protagonist, descends into depravity and ruin. Clearly, not all high school chemistry teachers are Walter Whites. Similarly, not all scientists, innovators and…
I was quoted …
I was quoted in a Bloomberg News article on August 8, 2013, entitled "Apple Turns Tables Seeking U.S. Samsung Phone Sales Ban." The link: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-08/apple-turns-tables-seeking-u-s-samsung-phone-sales-ban.html The rare overturn of an ITC 337 Commission case against Apple is just one of…
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