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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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Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of patent office's "death squad"

On Monday, June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Oil States vs. Greene’s Energy Group, et al.1 One major issue that the high court a...

Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of patent office's "death squad"

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Mark Guinto / AUTHOR

On Monday, June 12, 2017, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Oil States vs. Greene’s Energy Group, et al.1 One major issue that the high court a...

Blog Post JUN 13, 2017

Singing the surname blues

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Stacey Kalamaras

Stacey Kalamaras / AUTHOR

Last month, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) issued a precedential decision, affirming the Trademark Office’s refusal of registration for B...

Blog Post JUN 09, 2017

The real world impact of a Supreme Court decision on ink cartridges

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Robert Baraona / AUTHOR

Supreme Court decisions on patent policy are, at best, usually esoteric affairs. But the May 30 decision in Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark Inter...

Blog Post JUN 01, 2017

Wasted away again in Marijuanaville?

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Stacey Kalamaras

Stacey Kalamaras / AUTHOR

What do marijuana and margaritas have in common? Well, according to the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, both are terms that the public associates wi...

Blog Post MAR 24, 2017

The Copyright Offices goes digital – finally

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Todd Benni / AUTHOR

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides a safe harbor from copyright infringement liability for online service providers, i.e., anyone th...

Blog Post DEC 19, 2016

You down with TPP? A look at the IP provisions of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

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Ukeme Awakessien Jeter

Ukeme Awakessien Jeter / AUTHOR

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement has been a favored talking point for the presidential candidates. While most of the debate on the ...

Blog Post NOV 08, 2016

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