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…
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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. …
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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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 &…
In the latest film installment of Ayn Rand's influential novel, Atlas Shrugged, the government has taken the drastic step of seizing all patents, as well as copyrights, for the public good, under the so-called Fair Share Act. Although the U.S.…
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