Some pretty important changes have come across the news wires lately regarding the US Patent Office. In order to keep our readers up to date, we thought we’d share some of the highlights: The US Patent Office has announced a new Commissioner for Trademarks. Mary Dennison assumed her new position on January 1, 2015. In […]
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The Feds Win!
The Voice of America was created in 1942. It became famous during World War II when radio emcees would broadcast news, songs, updates and even propaganda to US and Allied citizens, and also to listeners in “enemy territory” who could pick up the broadcast signal. By the end of World War II, they provided content […]
Hints and tricks to help you register your first trademark
You’ve got a great idea on a new product or service and you know exactly what you want to name it. Because you’re sure this will be your name, you might think that one of the first things you do is to register the trademark. But in reality, rushing to be first might not always […]
What Documents are Needed When Filing an Application for a Patent
Magazines, books, comics, clothing, and a ton of other products have specialized trademarks on them. These trademarks are used to acknowledge the source of the products. For written works, art, and anything in the artistic spectrum, copyright laws apply. Patents are different from trademarks or copyright because they deal solely with an invention of some […]
Trademark Infringement – A Real Case
Cases of trademark infringement have become more common on the internet. Some of these cases are genuine complaints, made against online users who do not have any idea in this field. Some claims of infringements are unsuitable that the charges made for trademark infringement is dubious. The Trademark law shields the trademark holder’s unique rights. […]
Patent Wars Aid Growth of Patent Jobs
We have seen patent wars waged between titans such as Google, Samsung and Apple and it has made us all aware of the importance of Intellectual Property (IP) laws and copyright infringements. While the patent wars may not have been financially beneficial to the companies in question, another sector has been growing in number and […]
… And Here Comes “Alice”!
Don’t look now, but it appears the post-Alice USPTO guidance regarding patent eligibility has kicked in. The following is a form paragraph recently used by an Examiner at the USPTO in a rejection of certain process claims:
SCOTUS on “Alice”: It’s The Application, Stupid!
Old habits die hard. But the U.S. Supreme Court patiently keeps trying to euthanize the habit of too many patent professionals to reflexively (but not necessarily purposefully) tie patent claims to some computer. Any computer! The latest attempt to break this habit comes in the context of the Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Intl. […]
Can Pi be trademark protected?
Think back to math class. Do you remember learning about pi? It’s that funny little greek letter that looks like this π. It is used to represent the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter and is roughly defined as 3.14159 no matter how large or small the circle is. It is one of […]
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Cancels Redskins Trademark
On Wednesday June 18, 2014, the United States Patent and Trademark Office cancelled six Washington Redskins trademarks citing that the football team’s name is “disparaging to Native Americans” and thus in violation of federal trademark laws banning offensive or disparaging language. This topic has been a hot one in the world of intellectual property law the last […]
