Wed.May 26, 2021

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Customs and Border Patrol Registration for Your Trademark

Erik K Pelton

Many business owners may not realize that if they deal with tangible goods, they can protect their brand with U.S. Customs and Border Protection in addition to the USPTO. In this episode, Erik details how to add this tool to your brand protection toolkit. The post Customs and Border Patrol Registration for Your Trademark appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Spotlight on Commerce: Jennifer Kim, Assistant Division Chief, Decennial Census Management Division, U.S. Census Bureau

U.S. Department of Commerce

Spotlight on Commerce: Jennifer Kim, Assistant Division Chief, Decennial Census Management Division, U.S. Census Bureau. May 26, 2021. KCPullen@doc.gov. Wed, 05/26/2021 - 09:42. Jennifer Kim, Assistant Division Chief, Decennial Census Management Division, U.S. Census Bureau. Guest blog post by Jennifer Kim, Assistant Division Chief, Decennial Census Management Division, U.S.

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Myanmar: The new IP department and its extended ‘soft-opening’ period

Managing IP

Khin Myo Myo Aye of Tilleke & Gibbins provides an update on Myanmar’s IP department during the ‘soft-opening’ period

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What do dashed lines in a design patent mean?

Patent Trademark Blog

What is the meaning of broken or dashed lines in a design patent? While I’m not sure if you can call it a loophole, US design patents enable a particular option in the drawings that can potentially broaden protection. The use of dashed lines, or broken lines, in design patent drawings means that whatever is drawn in such lines is not claimed. In a US design patent, the claimed design comprises what is drawn in solid lines.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Fish & Richardson Ranks in Top “Band 1” Nationwide Rankings for Intellectual Property and ITC Practices in Chambers USA 2021

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

The firm also received top “Band 1” rankings for patent and ITC practices in Chambers Global. Fish & Richardson received top “Band 1” nationwide rankings for its Intellectual Property (IP) and International Trade: IP (Section 337 Proceedings) practices in the 2021 edition of Chambers USA. The “Band 1” designation – the highest ranking possible – recognizes Fish as among the world’s best law firms based on in-depth, objective research with thousands of lawyers and clients.

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Trademark Clearance Searches for Devices & Shapes in India using Vienna Classification

Selvam & Selvam Blog

The Vienna Classification which originated from the Vienna Agreement (1973) is an international classification of the figurative elements of marks (more on the Vienna Agreement and classification can be found here and more on India’s accession to the Vienna agreement could be found here ). The first edition of the said Classification was published in 1973, with the Agreement effective from 1985.

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The impact of digitalization, automation and AI on Intellectual Property

IP Blog

For the latest edition of the IP Trend Monitor's study, we focused on how Intellectual Property (IP) management is evolving in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other societal factors. In addition to transforming IP professionals' work environments, recent events have brought trends like digitalization, automation and artificial intelligence (AI) to the forefront of industry discussion.

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Court Allows Limited Actual Confusion Discovery for Lanham Act Preliminary Injunction

Chicago IP

CampaignZERO, Inc. v. StayWoke, Inc. , Slip Op., No. 20 C 6765 (N.D. Ill. Dec. 4, 2020) (Valderrama, J.). Judge Valderrama granted in part plaintiff CampaignZERO’s motion for expedited discovery related to its motion for a preliminary injunction in this trademark dispute involving CampaignZERO’s CAMPAIGNZERO mark. Of particular note, the Court held as follows: As an initial matter, filing a preliminary injunction motion alone does not warrant expedited discovery.

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End of China subsidy will mean fewer ‘junk’ patents

Managing IP

With the patent subsidy coming to an end in June, some counsel predict a sharp decline in low-quality patent applications and a possible rise in litigation

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Prosecution history estoppel in India – A suit of armour or a double-edged sword?

Selvam & Selvam Blog

Introduction. Trademarks have over time, distinguished themselves as the popular kids among the Intellectual Property rights. This is so because they are perhaps the most protected amongst the bundle of IP rights and well, inevitably the face of your business. A trademark builds your brand value by rendering it exclusive, by distinguishing your business from the millions of competitors that emerge in the market every single day.

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IPO Diversity in Innovation Toolkit

Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.

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Proposals to Change Foundation of Tax Law

Stock Legal Blog

The Blue Wave may not have hit our proverbial shores after the last election, but Democrats did obtain control of the Senate by tying their ranks with the Republicans. There are 48 Democratic senators (plus 2 Independents who caucus with them) to the Republicans’ 50. Thus, in the event of an even number of votes on either side, the Vice President, herself a Democrat, breaks the tie.

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