Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

A coming increase in USPTO filing fees and constant scams are a couple of the reasons why trademark owners ought to check renewal dates. In this segment, Erik further explains the reasons why now is the time to check on renewals. The post Why You Should Check Trademark Renewal Deadline Now appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. A coming increase in USPTO filing fees and constant scams are a couple of the reasons why trademark owners ought to check renewal dates.

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Trademark 100

IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Intellectual Property rights (IPRs) are generally known as "negative rights" because the owner enforces them by stopping third parties from exploiting the rights' subjects. An IPR is typically infringed when a third party performs an act that is legally restricted to either the owner of the IPR or a person who has the owner's permission to exploit the right (a licensee).

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Intellectual Property IP Business Patent Law 98

Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dear Rich: If a movie falls into the public domain, are all of the individual images in it also public domain? What if the image is of a movie star? Yes, you are free to copy the individual frames or images from a public domain movie without permission. Film elements such as music or promotional photos are also usually public domain as well although, on rare occasions, they may be under separate copyright.

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Public Domain Copying Music Copyright 52

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The Federal Court in a recent decision found a wide-reaching examination practice respecting purposive construction that was introduced by The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) 7 years ago, to be against principles of purposive construction set forth by the Supreme Court and damaging to the prosecution of patents in several technology areas.

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Intellectual Property Invention Intellectual Property Law Patent 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?

Technology

GDB Firm Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

A court will not strike a mechanic's lien, no matter how bogus, so long as it appears to be valid on its face. This continues to be one of the most vexing elements of the NY Lien Law.

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Law 40