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It takes all 9 to win – the trademark application baseball team

Erik K Pelton

I love baseball, especially sitting in the stands watching a minor league game on a nice summer day! To succeed in baseball, like any team sport, you need a full complement of players. Any one weak spot could harm the entire team and the odds of success. The same is true with trademark applications – there are a lot of parts and pieces to that need to work together.

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You, Me & IP Webinar Series: COVID, Boomers and Karens: Oh My!

Greenspoon Marder LLP

Featuring: Justin McNaughton, Partner and Sharon Urias, Partner “YOU, ME & IP” are monthly webinar discussions on the latest intellectual property trends. In the first program of this new monthly series, Greenspoon Marder IP attorneys discuss lively, unique pop culture trademark issues. You’ll hear about hundreds of pending trademark applications for “COVID,” and a bunch of trademark applications for “Ok […].

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Moral Rights in Copyrighted Works

Sander Law

Moral Rights in Copyrighted Works. In Canada, in addition to the rights provided under Copyright protection for an artistic, literary, musical or dramatic work, there is another set of associated rights called Moral Rights. Moral rights are automatic and apply to the first creator or author of a work. Moral rights generally include the following rights : 1) Right of association (e.g. to be identified as the creator or author of a work by name or under a pseudonym). 2) Right to publish a work ano

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Update on Commercial and Residential Evictions

GDB Firm Blog

On August 12, 2020, New York Courts extended the freeze on evictions until October 1.

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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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What is a USPTO trademark Office Action?

Erik K Pelton

The following is a transcript of the video below. An Office action is a response by the examining attorney at the US Patent and Trademark office, to an application. And perhaps you’ve received one, if you filed by yourself, or if you filed using an online filing service, you may have received an Office Action. I’ve worked with clients who have received thousands of Office actions, and responded to at least 5,000 Office actions over the last 19 years.

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New Federal Court Decision Provides for Greater Protection of Combination Drugs Under CETA

Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

In 2017, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement ( CETA ) came into force. CETA covers virtually all sectors and aspects of trade and aims to increase bilateral trade and investment between Canada and the EU. In order to comply with this agreement, Canada enacted the CETA Implementation Act ( CIA ) which provided for, among other things, the introduction of the Certificate of Supplementary Protection (CSP) to the Patent Act.

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Improve trademark application odds with these 5 tips

Erik K Pelton

This is an edited transcript of the video posted below. Over the years I’ve worked on thousands of trademark applications. First, I’ve reviewed thousands of trademark applications as an examine,r and now in private practice since 1999, I have filed many thousands of trademark applications for clients. With all of this experience, I want to share five important tips to improve the odds of a trademark application’s success.

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What Does It Mean If My Trademark Application Was Approved for Publication

Erik K Pelton

It is actually very good news when you receive such note from the USPTO office and it does mean that your application is in progress. But it also means that you have not yet reached the final trademark conclusion. In this podcast Erik explain the long and winding road process towards getting your trademark fully approved. The post What Does It Mean If My Trademark Application Was Approved for Publication appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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