Oct 22, 2018 THIS MONKEY SHOULD BE HAPPY NOW https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/11/us/selfie-monkey-lawsuit-settlement.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share&utm_content=b...
Oct 22, 2018 AIPPI CANCUN, MEXICO The AIPPI annual conference convened at beautiful Cancun, Mexico (see pictures). AIPPI is the world’s leading International Organization ...
Jun 25, 2017 ADIDAS V. MARC JACOBS, TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT, WHO WINS? On April 8, 2015, Adidas sued Marc Jacobs in the United States District Court of Oregon for trademark infringement because Marc Jacobs in...
Feb 7, 2017 FACEBOOK FACES $500 MILLION LAWSUIT Facebook has been ordered by a Texas jury to pay $500 million as a result of a lawsuit by gaming company ZeniMax for trade secret misappr...
Mar 23, 2016 WE WELCOME H.S. INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION We welcome our new client, H.S. International Corporation, a privately held medical device manufacturing and distribution company located...
Nov 5, 2015 AIPPI CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 2015, RIO DE JANIERO, BRAZIL The AIPPI annual conference convened at beautiful Rio De Janiero, BRAZIL (see pictures). AIPPI is the world’s leading International Organ...
Jun 25, 2015 LAPSED PROVISIONAL? An applicant has 12 months following the filing of a provisional patent application to either convert or file a non-provisional claiming ...
May 29, 2015 COMMERCIAL SUCCESS IS WELL AND ALIVE Evidence that a patented product is commercially successful can be very important even where other factors say that the patented claims a...
May 17, 2015 THINKING OF ABANDONING THAT PATENT OR TRADEMARK? Abandoning a patent or trademark application during prosecution may require further analyses beyond cost-saving benefits. One client deci...
May 13, 2015 EXAMINER OFFICE ACTIONS Responding to Office Actions from the patent office is neither art nor science and depends on the attorney involved. Approaches are varie...
May 12, 2015 PRIORITY CLAIM Have a claim for priority? Under the old regime, a claim for priority can be presented in the specification. Not so anymore. Under the AI...