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.
Kawhi Leonard Fighting for NBA Title And His IP
As if Kawhi Leonard didn’t already have his hands full with the Golden State Warriors, now he’s got Nike’s legal team to worry about.
Judge Rules Pooey Puitton Suit Crap
A U.S. District Judge in California has concluded that simply being sued in France is not a sufficient controversy to get into U.S. federal court. Such is the lesson for MGA Entertainment, which sought a declaratory judgment in California that its Pooey Puitton purse does not infringe the intellectual property of French fashion house Louis […]
4th Circuit Rejects I didn’t mean to as a Defense to Copyright Infringement
The Fourth Circuit recently overturned a decision which had let a Virginia film festival off the hook for using an unlicensed copyrighted photo to promote itself.
To Be Cubnoxious You Need More Than Subjective Intent
On January 19, 2016, Ronald Mark Huber, filed an intent-to-use trademark application for the mark CUBNOXIOUS for use with “shints.” The Chicago Cubs Baseball Club, LLC was not amused and filed an opposition with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
Grumpy Cat, Internet Sensation and Intellectual Property Visionary, Dead at 7
With the rain falling outside my office, it seems that the world has recognized the great loss everyone suffered today. Grumpy Cat, whose real name is Tardar Sauce, has passed away. She passed away peacefully in the arms of her “mommy” as a result of complications resulting from a urinary tract infection.
