JIPL Online

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

By: Mickey Tomlinson. If the title sounds familiar, you are part of the reason Booking.com successfully trademarked “Booking.com” while paving the way for owners of similar marks to receive trademark protection. In June of 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States (“SCOTUS”) held that a “generic.com” is eligible for trademark registration so long as the consumer recognized the mark as a distinguishing member of a certain class of goods or services.

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GDB Firm Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In a world filled with lies, deception and misleading claims, it is easy to feel that you have been "defrauded." However, in the world of construction contracts, it is not so easy to establish fraud, as a recent appellate decision reminds us.

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Contracts 75

IP Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

High-growth inventions based on IP are likely to come from expert inventors who operate within a structure for research and development, whether as a large company, as a small or medium-sized enterprise, or as a research specialist. Such companies or institutions can receive hundreds of invention submissions a year.

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azrights

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

In today’s day and age, this digital revolution that we’re going through, what we find is there’s uncertainty all across the organization. And so everybody needs entrepreneurial skills, they don’t all apply to the same degree. But the entrepreneurial skills are ones whenever you face uncertainty, you have to be in learning mode instead of just execution mode.

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Branding Brands Branding Business 52

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 Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

7 Fish Attorneys Recognized For Top Rankings in Practice Areas. Fish & Richardson has been recognized as a top national trademark law firm for the 11 th consecutive year by World Trademark Review ( WTR ) 1000. Fish also received top rankings for its regional practices in California, Massachusetts, and New York. The publication identifies the leading individual practitioners and their firms in over 80 key jurisdictions globally.

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Chicago IP

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Chief Judge Pallmeyer issued her tenth amended COVID General Order last week. As with the last several amended orders, there are no additional blanket case extensions. The General Order basically extends existing restrictions, including ordering that no jury trials — both civil and criminal — may begin until, at least, April 5, 2021. Specifically, the General Order also requires: No Local Rule 5.2(f) Courtesy Copies — Absent case-specific requests, Local Rule 5.2(f) requiring paper courtesy c

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