The IP Law Blog

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain.

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 12, 2023

Even companies that regularly take steps to protect intellectual property through, for example, registering trademarks or registering copyrights, can benefit from a yearly review. An inventor must secure a patent application within a very short period of time to prevent the work from falling into the public domain.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 21, 2023

As I noted on Twitter , nothing in the opinion suggests that the display of parodies, jokes, or other messages on the surface of toys, T-shirts, or other types of expressive merchandise would, by itself, constitute a trademark use of another’s mark or trade dress.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Tam ” (2018), and my guest post on Eric Goldman’s Technology and Marketing Law Blog written after the Federal Circuit’s decision in In re Elster.) This type of expression should remain in the public domain available for everyone to use on expressive merchandise to convey ideas, information, and other messages.

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