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Apple v. Squires: USPTO Director Has Unlimited Discretion on IPR Institution
By Joshua Rich – On Friday the 13th, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in Apple Inc. v. Squires, which turned into a Nightmare…
Founders Legal Blog
How to File a Trademark and the Hidden Costs of Doing It Yourself
How to File a Trademark and the Hidden Costs of Doing It Yourself by Kennington Groff How to File a Trademark and the Hidden Costs of Doing It Yourself Trademark…
Professional Services Industry Legal Blog
How Long is Too Long to Wait to Sue for Trademark Infringement
One of the most common questions trademark owners ask after discovering a potential infringement is deceptively simple: Is it too late to sue? Unlike many areas of law, trademark infringement…
Drug & Device Law
This Post Is Not About Trademarks Or Defamation
Perhaps driven by fear of retribution for saying what you really think, an indirect method of communication has gained some popularity on the social media platforms of late. It goes…
IP IQ
Taking Flight on Another’s Wings: Examining the Potential Abandonment of Twitter’s Iconic Trademarks
By Lucie Hunter Fisher, Stephen H. Hall
Elon Musk’s year of controversy continues as startup Operation Bluebird attempts to take flight with its rival social media platform — “twitter.new” — by asking the U.S. Patent and Trademark…
Professional Services Industry Legal Blog
What’s the Difference Between a State Trademark Registration and a Federal Trademark Registration?
Business owners often assume a trademark is a trademark, file it locally or file it with the federal government, and the result is basically the same. In reality, the two…
The HB Blog
How a Foreign Trademark Application or Registration Can Help You in the United States: Section 44(d) and Section 44
How a Foreign Trademark Application or Registration Can Help You in the United States A foreign trademark registration (and even a pending application) can materially strengthen and accelerate U.S. trademark…
Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog
Although the Apes are Boring, They are Protectable, Too: Court Says NFTs Are Trademarkable Goods
Although the market for NFTs has cooled off from its heyday several years ago, digital goods are still a hot commodity. This summer, the Ninth Circuit recognized that such goods…
ILN IP Insider
Searching for Civility in U.S. Trademarks
By Gregory (Greg) J. Krabacher
After more than a hundred years of settled U.S. trademark policy, an interesting problem has developed for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). How to square the U.S.…
Kang Haggerty Firm News
Legal Intelligencer: No End-Run Piercing: Lessons From ‘Mortimer’ and ‘Dewberry’
Taken together, Mortimer and Dewberry define both opportunity and constraint. They confirm that Pennsylvania trial courts may develop an enterprise liability doctrine but also underscore that no amount of judicial…