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Intellectual Property Defense

Intellectual property insights and discussion to help you create, secure, maintain, and exploit your competitive advantage in the marketplace

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A recent ruling from the Federal Circuit serves as a reminder that when filing a design patent, you should broadly claim the design for which you are ...

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Todd Benni / AUTHOR

A recent ruling from the Federal Circuit serves as a reminder that when filing a design patent, you should broadly claim the design for which you are ...

Blog Post OCT 01, 2019

U.S. Supreme Court rules rejection of trademark license in bankruptcy does not terminate license

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Michael Kaczka / AUTHOR

On May 20, 2019, in the case styled Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, the United States Supreme Court resolved a circuit split by hol...

Blog Post MAY 21, 2019

5 important intellectual property questions for international sellers entering the U.S. market

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Todd Benni / AUTHOR

Online third-party sales platforms like Amazon Marketplace, Walmart.com, e-Bay, and Etsy are all great ways for international sellers to enter the U.S...

Blog Post MAR 22, 2019

Congressman sues tweeting cow – receives lesson on Streisand Effect

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Matthew Cavanagh

Matthew Cavanagh / AUTHOR

Earlier this week, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-California) sued Twitter, Liz Mair (a republican strategist), and two obvious parody Twitter accounts: “Devin N...

Blog Post MAR 20, 2019

Apple closed two of its stores in eastern Texas. The reasoning may surprise you

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David Cupar / AUTHOR

Apple, the technology giant which runs successful Apple Stores all over the world, announced that it will close its only two stores in eastern Texas b...

Blog Post MAR 12, 2019

Tickets, Please! SCOTUS requires plaintiffs to show their copyright registrations at the courthous

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Matthew Cavanagh

Matthew Cavanagh / AUTHOR

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled more is required than simply applying for a copyright registration and paying the fees before suing for infringement in a...

Blog Post MAR 07, 2019

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