Senate – Van Dyke Intellectual Property Law

A Primer on Intellectual Property: The Basic Tools for You to Know

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon January 31, 2018March 13, 2022in antitrust, authors, Copyright, Copyright Office, copyright tips, Infringement, Innovation, intellectual property, Inventors, IP, IP law, IP tips, licensing, licensing executives society, litigation, patent damages, software patent, Supreme Court Rulings, trade secret, United States Patent & Trademark Office, USPTO, WIPO

Tomorrow (February 1, 2018), I am presenting a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program on the Basics of Intellectual property (IP) for the general attorney. With the value of IP assets a large factor of our economy, general practice attorneys frequently…

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…

Patent Damages Symposium in Washington, DC

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon February 14, 2017March 13, 2022in CLS v Alice, damages, Infringement, intellectual property, Inventors, IP, IP law, IP tips, les, licensing, licensing executives society, litigation, patent damages, software patent, Supreme Court Rulings, Uncategorized

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 &…

To Kill a Patent System: What Would Atticus Finch Do?

Posted by Raymond Van Dykeon March 13, 2015March 13, 2022in Copyright, Infringement, intellectual property, Inventors, les, licensing, licensing executives society, Supreme Court Rulings

Last Wednesday I had the privilege to speak about the importance of Intellectual Property in Washington, DC. As Chair of the Greater Washington, DC Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society, I and a friend, Sanjay Prasad, conducted the Introduction to…