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IP BLAWG
One Size Does Not Fit All Trade Secrets
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IP BLAWG
Oral Agreement = Copyright Infringement Litigation
In Brief: Oral agreements with independent contractors fuel copyright infringement litigation.
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Coming Into Focus
In Brief: Adopting a portion of someone else’s trademark can lead to a likelihood of confusion.
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Custody Fight Over Passionate Telenovela
In Brief: Too many words in a contract term plus course of dealing can cause a bad breakup.
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Field of Trademark Dreams
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IP BLAWG
“Oops” Trade Secret Disclosure
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IP BLAWG
Who’s Got the Cheese?
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IP BLAWG
Unicolor Gets a Mulligan from the Supreme Court
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IP BLAWG
The Devil is in the Patent Assignment Details
In Brief: An agreement stipulating the rights in a patent is not a present assignment of a patent.
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Decision Sucks for “.sucks”
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IP BLAWG
All the Way Missing
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IP BLAWG
Certified Delicious
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IP BLAWG
Lips Aren’t the Same as Drawing Tools
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IP BLAWG
Non-Sticky Trade Secrets Get Released
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IP BLAWG
Fifty Shades of Gray Market Goods
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IP BLAWG
Copyright Public Domain Class of 2022
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IP BLAWG
The 2021 Crippys – The IP Criminals Hall of Fame
In Brief: It’s time to acknowledge those who achieved infamy by committing Intellectual Property crimes during 2021.
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If at First You Don’t Succeed
In Brief: Decisions by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board don’t always have a preclusive effect on further litigation.
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Spinal Fusion
In Brief: Generally, a patent has to disclose all enabling features of the invention. However, an invention can be partially protected by a patent and partially protected by trade secrets.
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You Can’t Go Back
In Brief: If you intend to get your trademarks back after a transfer, be sure that’s what your documents say.
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Tick, Tick, Statute of Limitations
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IP BLAWG
Reckless Disregard = Fraud
In Brief: Doing no investigation before signing a USPTO document is considered fraud and can result in cancellation of a trademark registration.
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Sorry C3PO and R2D2, You Can’t Be Inventors
In Brief: Artificial intelligence (AI) cannot be deemed an “inventor” under the US Patent Act.
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Opposition to Trademark Split at the Seams
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IP BLAWG
You Can’t Make Him Drink
In Brief: A former employee can’t always be forced to assign a patent to a former employer.
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