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Copyright Small Claims: How the CASE Act Works

Creative Law Center

The CASE Act explained. A cost effective way to enforce copyright and fight infringement for small businesses, creatives, and entrepreneurs. The post Copyright Small Claims: How the CASE Act Works appeared first on Creative Law Center.

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USPTO Trademark Application features many puzzle pieces to assemble

Erik K Pelton

The following is an excerpt from my video, The Many Pieces of a USPTO Trademark Application. Have you ever looked at the USPTO Trademark Application Form online? It’s called the TEAS Form, – TEAS Standard or TEAS Plus. TEAS is the electronic filing system at the USPTO. There are many steps to the form. On the one hand, one could try to argue—they wouldn’t convince me—that it’s an easy form to apply for a trademark registration, because it’s just putting in a bunch

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How long does a U.S. patent or trademark application take to grant? (2020 edition)

IP Spotlight

The USPTO recently released its FY2020 Performance and Accountability Report , with contains helpful information about allowance rates, average pendency, and other statistics about its review of patent and trademark applications this year. Each year, IP Spotlight analyzes this report and, and we update our readers who often ask: how long does it take for a patent or trademark registration to grant?

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Some Thankful Reflections About 2020

DuetsBlog

We can all think of and relive a multitude of reasons over the past year to embrace Dean’s timely #Flush2020 billboard ad as we prepare to ring in the New Year. We also can look for silver linings before we bid farewell to 2020, some glimmers of hope and thankful reflections to provide fuel for 2021, here are some of mine: Quality-time with our daughter when she studied remotely and still thrived; Trading my commuting time for coffee and conversation with my soul-mate ; Two college graduations i

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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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EDTX & NDTX Monthly Wrap-Up – November 2020: Texas Trials Come to a Halt

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

COVID in the Courtroom – Texas Trials Come to a Halt. Following a mistrial in a Sherman, Texas courthouse, all four Federal Districts in Texas ordered continuances of their upcoming in-person jury trials. On November 17, Judge Mazzant granted a mistrial after several participants tested positive for COVID-19. [1] The trial began on November 2, but by the sixth day, one of the jurors informed the court that they had tested positive.

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Top Trademark Trends of 2020

Erik K Pelton

By Erik Pelton®. This year – despite the cliché – has been unprecedented in many ways; it featured the COVID-19 pandemic, lockdowns, quarantines, masks, and social distancing, as well as protests in the street, a presidential election, economic volatility, and much more. And trademarks have been along for the ride. While there were not, in my opinion, any major court developments affecting trademark owners, there have been many other events and changes that have impacted the world of trademarks

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Top Trademark Trends of 2020

Erik K Pelton

The year in review is one of Erik’s most popular episodes. No doubt COVID-19 has made this year a challenging one with vast implications in many areas. Yet there has been a surge in filing for trademarks and lots of other trademark developments that are noteworthy. In this episode, Erik covers some of the most important ones. The post Top Trademark Trends of 2020 appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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