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Following a 10-day trial, the jury found U.S. Bancorp failed to prove “by clear and convincing evidence” that Solutran Inc.’s patent was invalid, according to a filing made available Tuesday. In doing so, the jury agreed with a Minnesota federal judge who had determined in November that the patent,.
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This American domestic law-based tactic employed by the U.S. bypasses the World Trade Organization’s rules on trade-related intellectual property rights. The threat of immediate action, punitive tariffs and illegal bypass could provoke China to seek retaliation. China’s made strong attempts to soften its …
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Details. My partner and I have a physical asset prototype of a gadget that has been self-fabricated. We would like to send to an engineer for design purposes. I am looking to find out the cost to have a patent design submitted. Project Type: I am not sure …
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Kanye West – by way of his intellectual property holding company called Mascotte Holdings, Inc. – holds an array of federally registered trademarks for everything from his full name to “Yzy” and Yeezy. The rapper-turned-fashion designer has maintained federally-registered trademark rights in “Yeezy” …
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Quite rightly, President Donald Trump and his Administration are targeting the transgressions of China against US intellectual property rights in their unfolding trade strategy. But why not use the WTO rules that offer a real remedy for the United States without resorting to illegal unilateral action outside the …
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Tamany Bentz has left Venable LLP, Los Angeles, to join DLA Piper, Los Angeles, as a partner in the firm’s intellectual property and technology practice. * Trademark attorney Julia Anne Matheson has left Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, Washington, D.C., to join Hogan Lovells …
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Myles Allen, a climate scientist from the University of Oxford, who presented before the judge on Wednesday, says, “The court is evidently taking our science as seriously as they’re taking the science involved in patent law cases, where the court really does have to understand the technicalities and …
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Mark Polutta is a Senior Legal Advisor in the Office of Patent Legal Administration at the USPTO. In this position, he assists in the drafting of rule packages, memoranda, and associated guidance to implement USPTO initiatives and comply with developments in patent law. Prior to joining the Office of …
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In a case involving reuse by a number of media outlets of a link to a photo of Tom Brady taken and posted to Snapchat by a private plaintiff and reposted to Twitter, the District Court for the Southern District of New York, has raised a serious question about the... Continue reading
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Anyone of a certain age remembers the late comedian George Carlin’s 1972 bit called “Seven Dirty Words.” For decades, just as you could not say certain words on television (or radio), you similarly could not federally register those words (and other “offensive” or “scandalous” words or images) as …
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