World IP Day 2019: IP and Sports
Today, April 26th, 2019 marks the 19th annual World Intellectual Property (IP) Day. Each year, IP offices, inventors, enterprises, and students are encouraged to celebrate the important role…
Supreme Court: Copyright Holders Must Obtain a Certification of Registration Before Initiating an Infringement Suit
A lesson in statutory textualism was given by the Supreme Court earlier this month in deciding Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, settling a longstanding rift between…
Cybersquatting on the Rise
As of 2018, 339.8 million domain names have been registered worldwide.[1] Of those 339.8 million domain names, 3,452 were involved in UDRP (Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy)…
USPTO Releases 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance
Last week the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released revised guidance on patent subject matter eligibility (35 U.S.C. § 101). “The 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter…
Patent Trial and Appeal Board Chief Judge David Ruschke Has Accepted a New Position
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board Chief Judge David Ruschke Has Accepted a New Position Andrei Iancu[1], Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), appointed the former Chief…
Honey Badger Creator Does Care...About His Trademarks
“Ew! What’s that in its mouth? Oh, it’s got a cobra? Oh, it runs backwards? Now watch this. Look, a snake’s up in the tree. Honey Badger don’t care. It just takes what it wants.” You may remember…
Supreme Court to Hear Circuit Split on Registration Requirement for Instituting Copyright Lawsuit
While copyright lawsuits are common, some feel the steps needed to bring a copyright infringement lawsuit could use a little more clarification. The Supreme Court of the United States has agreed to…
Copyright Dispute over Marilyn Monroe’s “Last Sitting” Goes to Trial
Marilyn Monroe was one of the most iconic figures in the 1950s. She was a model, actress, singer, and has been photographed by famous photographers from all over. In 1962, fine art and commercial…
OxyContin Manufacturer Granted Patent for Addiction Treatment
Purdue Pharma, manufacturer of the addictive opioid OxyContin®, was recently granted a patent for a treatment option to those who are addicted to opioids, “Buprenorphine-Wafer for Drug Substitution…
Happy Constitution Day and Citizenship Day!
Constitution Day, September 17th. This day commemorates the signing of one of the most important and influential documents in American history, the Constitution. We celebrate this day as a reminder…
NCAA Football, the College Football Playoff, and…Patents?
The debate had been played out by hundreds of people, across thousands of bars and homes, a million times over: should the college football post-season move from a bowl system to a playoff system?…
A Brief History of Beer and Patents
The brewing of beer has been recorded for over 7,000 years. Originally a by-product of an agrarian culture, the brewing of beer evolved into a domestic profession performed by brewsters (a term…
