Drug Patents Come Under Fire in New House Bill
A new bill in Congress is proposing to alter the way drug patents are administered. The Terminating the Extension of Rights Misappropriated (TERM) Act, H.R. 3199, would require that any patents on a drug which were issued after the drug’s first patent would be presumed invalid when the first patent expires.
Supreme Court Lets Trademark Licensees Keep Their Rights When The Owner Goes Bankrupt
Last month the Supreme Court ruled on what the International Trademark Association (INTA) has referred to as “the most significant unresolved legal issue in trademark licensing.” Prior to its decision, federal courts were split on what happens to the rights granted to a licensee when the trademark owner goes bankrupt.
Tasty Tacos Bringing The Hot Sauce To Spicy IP Dispute
The humble taco. Simple, satisfying, and recently implicated in a federal lawsuit.
Call of Duty Publisher Battles Humvee Manufacturer Over Trademark Dispute
Back in November of 2017, AM General filed a trademark suit against video game publisher Activision Blizzard for their use of Humvees in “Call of Duty” video games. Activision is now asking the court to throw the suit out because it is an “attack on the First Amendment.”
Friday The 13th Writer Puts Fear in Movie Producers
In a ruling that is spooking film producers, Victor Miller, the screenwriter behind the 1980 horror classic “Friday the 13th,” successfully convinced a federal judge in Connecticut that he was an independent contractor at the time he wrote the screenplay, and may be able to reclaim the copyright to it, which he assigned to the […]
Is Your Patent Safe From Government Agencies?
The Supreme Court held Monday that a federal agency may not challenge an issued patent. The case, Return Mail, Inc. v. U.S. Postal Service, involved a patent on a method of processing undeliverable mail, which the U.S. Postal Service challenged as merely an abstract idea under Alice, rather than a useful invention.
