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USPTO Announces New Lower Fee Schedule for Trademark Applications
By Farah Bhatti
On January 17, 2015, the United States Trademark Office implemented a reduced fee schedule for newly filed applications. The Trademark Office has introduced an additional category of applications called the TEAS…
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Trademark Trends: Back-to-Back Arguments in Trademark Cases at SCOTUS
The Supreme Court heard oral argument in trademark cases on consecutive days this month. On December 2, 2014, the issue of whether a finding by the Trademark Trial and Appeal…
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USPTO Issues “2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility”
On December 15, 2014, the USPTO published a document titled “2014 Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility” (Interim Guidance). The new Interim Guidance follows the previous preliminary examination instructions…
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Don’t Miss the Window for Post-Grant Review: Monitor Your Competitors by Creating Alert Systems
By Harold Fullmer, Han Gim, Alaina Renz
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has new and popular procedures for challenging the validity of (in other words, killing) a competitor’s patent. The most powerful procedure, a Post-Grant Review…
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All Native Advertising is Not Equal: Why that Matters Under the First Amendment and Why it Should Matter to the FTC – Part V
By Fernando A. Bohorquez, Jr., Alan M. Pate
In this five part series, originally published in the Summer 2014 edition of the Media Law Resource Center Bulletin,[1] we take an in-depth look at the native advertising phenomenon and…
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Another Step in the Long March from Campbell v. Acuff-Rose toward Fair Use Free-for-All?
By Lesley Grossberg, Robert Welsh
Fox News Network, LLC v. TVEyes, Inc., 2014 WL 4444043 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 9, 2014) TVEyes is a media-monitoring subscription service that “records the entire content of television and radio broadcasts…
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Another Step in the Long March from Campbell v. Acuff-Rose toward Fair Use Free-for-All?
Fox News Network, LLC v. TVEyes, Inc., 2014 WL 4444043 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 9, 2014) TVEyes is a media-monitoring subscription service that “records the entire content of television and radio broadcasts…
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All Native Advertising is Not Equal: Why that Matters Under the First Amendment and Why it Should Matter to the FTC – Part IV
By Fernando A. Bohorquez, Jr., Alan M. Pate
In this five part series, originally published in the Summer 2014 edition of the Media Law Resource Center Bulletin,[1] we take an in-depth look at the native advertising phenomenon and…
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Apparel Designs and the “Metaphysics” of Copyright Protection
By Robert Welsh
Varsity Brands, Inc. v. Star Athlectica, LLC, 110 U.S.P.Q.2d 1150 (W.D. Tenn. 2014) Metaphysics is usually thought to be the province of philosophers or theologians. A recent decision by a…
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Apparel Designs and the “Metaphysics” of Copyright Protection
By Robert Welsh
Varsity Brands, Inc. v. Star Athlectica, LLC, 110 U.S.P.Q.2d 1150 (W.D. Tenn. 2014) Metaphysics is usually thought to be the province of philosophers or theologians. A recent decision by a…