Patent Trademark Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In the world of patents and trademarks, filing dates matter. When it comes to international trademark protection, there are ways to link your foreign filings to a previously filed trademark application for the same mark. This means that your foreign trademark application will not get the benefit of your earlier US filing date.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JULY 28, 2022

Can you file a single patent application for all countries? Wouldn’t it be great if you could get a single patent to cover all countries? Is there such a thing as a worldwide utility patent? Notice I said “patent-pending” and not patented. Can you obtain a worldwide utility patent?

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 6, 2024

What is a smarter way to patent a medical device? Medical device patents can make a direct impact on sales as well as create licensing opportunities. Even pending patent applications may help startups raise capital. Let’s look at some smart ways to patent a medical device. Need to patent a medical device?

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Intepat

MAY 2, 2024

This article aims to untangle this complexity, showing how quantum advancements and intellectual property rights intersect. This journey is about unlocking the potential of quantum technology while ensuring that inventors and innovators are rightfully recognized and protected.

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Velocity of Content

JANUARY 9, 2024

On a practical level, these emerging companies are running very lean, with little or no budget for expenses outside of discovering and patenting their compounds.  One area that often gets overlooked in the outsourcing and collaboration process is how to manage copyright compliance and the associated risks of non-compliance.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

How to Use Patent Public Search (PPUBS). Wouldn’t it be great if you can find how many patents have been obtained by a patent attorney or agent? Using the new tool by the USPTO called Patent Public Search (PPUBS), you can search for patent grants by practitioner name. WITH (last name).att.

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Trading Secrets

MARCH 15, 2024

This blog has been cross-posted to Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill site. 2024), a case that may reshape the dynamics between trade secrets and patent rights. They then filed for a patent more than a year after Ace-K hit the market. They then filed for a patent more than a year after Ace-K hit the market.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

MAY 2, 2023

If you have not done so yet, now is a good time to get started. Some of these issues are specific to doing business with the government and others are broader issues that all companies face when using AI, and generative AI (GAI) in particular. As a result, many companies are developing corporate policies on employee use of AI.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 15, 2024

This blog has been cross-posted to Seyfarth’s Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill site. 2024), a case that may reshape the dynamics between trade secrets and patent rights. They then filed for a patent more than a year after Ace-K hit the market. They then filed for a patent more than a year after Ace-K hit the market.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 10, 2023

What is the purpose of a provisional patent application? To know how to write a provisional patent application (PPA) well, you must first understand its purpose. Sure, you’ll have patent pending status. Want to file a provisional patent application with fixed fees? Design or utility patent protection?

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Patent Trademark Blog

MAY 31, 2022

How do you file foreign patents cost-effectively? It’s no secret that obtaining foreign patent protection is highly expensive. Most clients are under a limited budget, seeking to stretch their money as much as possible to seek smarter patent protection. Don’t ignore the ISR.

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Olartemoure Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

When a company or an individual drafts and files a patent, a whole new world of information and terms start to fall on them. This timeline gets even more complex when a second application is filed, and so on: bigger portfolios, even newer terms, will start to arise, and a family begins. What is a “patent family”?

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Erik K Pelton

MARCH 11, 2022

As a trademark law firm, we represent a wide array of clients but predominantly focus on helping small business owners protect their intellectual property. In our continuing effort to combat trademark scams and raise awareness of this important issue, we have recently submitted comments to the FTC. They can all be found at [link].

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 2, 2024

Initiated in 2001, the TKDL aims to serve as a vital link between traditional knowledge books and patent examiners, safeguarding Indian traditional medicinal knowledge and thwarting its misappropriation at international patent offices. This post seeks to analyze and answer these dilemmas. Is TKDL Failing Us?

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Patent Trademark Blog

JANUARY 4, 2024

Many international trademark owners are familiar with the Madrid Protocol where you file your first trademark application in your home country. Contact US patent and trademark attorney Vic Lin at (949) 223-9623 or email vlin@icaplaw.com to see how we can help. Can you obtain a US registration for a foreign registered trademark?

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IPilogue

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Here’s a preview of some of the activities you can get involved in over the next 8 months: “IP Osgoode Speaks Series” is back in person! Our IPilogue is one of Canada’s leading IP Blogs with an enthusiastic international following. You can also find recordings of our Past Events on our website. IP Innovation Clinic.

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IPilogue

APRIL 18, 2022

Two major pieces of patent protection news with global long-lasting significance dropped in early March for drastically different reasons. First, Moderna, a producer of COVID-19 vaccines, announced that it will never enforce its COVID-19-related patents against 92 low- and middle-income countries.

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Intellectual Property Law Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

It also focuses on protection of various groups including consumers, patients, students, workers and kids. These issues include the propriety of using copyright protected materials to train AI models and the patentability and copyrightability of AI output. government.

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More Than Your Mark

AUGUST 13, 2021

If you think patents are all about protecting something “technical” or something only a scientist or engineer could appreciate, you are mistaken. Patents can protect how things look as well as how they work. If you want to protect how something works, you need a Utility Patent.

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SpicyIP

AUGUST 3, 2023

Kurian’s trail of transparency, discussions about authors and copyright societies, updates on the international IP landscape, or the hustle and bustle of the domestic IP domain, including Statements of Patent (Non-)Working, the journey through Junes had its own jilts and joys. Whether it’s P.H.

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The IPKat

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Kat friend Hans Eriksson discusses an interesting decision (only available in Swedish) concerning copyright protection and originality, namely whether the sequence of twenty words in an instruction manual may be regarded as being enough for copyright to arise. This Dune tells us, every member of the secretive Bene Gesserit sisterhood knows.

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SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Image from here The Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023 is quite the mixed bag. The Indian patent prosecution stage holds a very important spot in the overall patent regime of the country. Union of India where the Delhi High Court observed the delay in patent prosecution owing to both the applicants as well as the opponents.)

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 27, 2024

We have traversed through Junes , Julys , Augusts , Septembers , Octobers , and Novembers and shared some stories like 10 years of the Google Books Library Project, the Presumption of validity of patents, Corruption in IP Offices, the Serial Crisis in India, Law Making via Leaked Documents, etc. Did you miss anything? Don’t worry.

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Patent Trademark Blog

APRIL 14, 2022

Will your patent be rejected? Here are statistics on whether your patent will be rejected. A nonprovisional utility patent application has a roughly 90% probability of at least one rejection. A design patent application has an approximately 86% chance of approval. How to respond to utility patent rejections.

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IP Tech Blog

MARCH 23, 2022

This blog has reported on this trend here and here. Numerous companies are currently getting into NFT technology to generate brand awareness, retain customers, and create new revenue streams. Considering that more and more companies are entering the Metaverse, developing a brand protection strategy becomes ever more important.

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SpicyIP

MARCH 13, 2023

Highlights of the Week Learning from India’s Disastrous Experience in Protecting Itself against Biopiracy In light of the upcoming WIPO Diplomatic Conference on Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge, Prashant Reddy brings us a post highlighting India’s sub-par experience with its own Biological Diversity Act, 2002. Microsoft v.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

Let’s look into what those intangible assets might be, and how they can be protected. Names or logos used to sell a product may be protectable even if the product itself is nothing new. Names or logos used to sell a product may be protectable even if the product itself is nothing new. Yes, you certainly can.

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IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Securing the right IP protection for an NFT will be key to its successful commercialization and exploitation by the creator and its owner. In this blog post we examine how copyright is leveraged to protect NFTs, both in the US and China, with a comparative approach that elucidates both the challenges and potential solutions.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 23, 2022

This blog has reported on this trend here and here. Numerous companies are currently getting into NFT technology to generate brand awareness, retain customers, and create new revenue streams. Considering that more and more companies are entering the Metaverse, developing a brand protection strategy becomes ever more important.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JULY 15, 2021

PCT applications are typically filed in the country of the applicant or with International Bureau. Even though an applicant may desire international patent protection for their invention, the PCT application is usually drafted by the applicant’s patent counsel in their home country.

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IPilogue

JANUARY 25, 2023

You start with the legislation, fill in the gaps with the caselaw, and get some secondary commentary to critique and make unique arguments around the current framework. I never realized how something as simple as a door policy can give life to these principles. Throughout the term, I continued to have these realizations.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Intellectual property regulations and technology security methods are used to provide protection. The traditional means of protecting IP rights are hardly sufficient in the effortless, technologically advanced world of today. Introduction Intellectual property rights (IPR) in e-commerce are a vital component of e-commerce.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Does searching for a patent attorney near me make sense? There was a time when the main way to find a patent attorney was to ask for a referral. Anyone can go online now and simply search for attorneys, but there seems to be an inclination to look for patent attorneys nearby. Virginia area?

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

In this case, Unicolors alleged that international retailer H&M was selling skirts and jackets bearing a design (Xue Xu) that was substantially similar to one of its fabric designs (EH101), albeit in black-and-white (and shades of gray) instead of in color. (A By Guest Blogger Tyler Ochoa. On February 24, the U.S. b)(4)(i)(A) (2011).

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 30, 2023

[This weekly review has been co-authored with SpicyIP interns Gaurangi Kapoor and Ishant Jain.] In our previous weekly reviews ( here , here and here ) we have collectively summarized 16 blog posts, 37 case summaries and other national and international IP developments. Rooh Afza v. Case: Lite Bite Travel Foods Private Ltd.

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U.S. Department of Commerce

MAY 24, 2022

Joint blog by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Economic Development Administration. The company’s flagship product, Highlight®, is a patented color additive that temporarily colors disinfectants made with bleach so that users can confirm they’ve properly treated a contaminated surface. Intellectual property.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

, here are our summaries for our blog posts, 15 case summaries and other national and international IP developments. Read SpicyIP intern Gaurangi ‘s post on this development. Other Posts COVID-19 Vaccine Patent Infringement? Important IP cases that we’re missing out on? Especially from other High Courts?

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