Trademark Trial and Appeal Board dismisses opposition to register mark for horticulture product PHILADELPHIA (March 18, 2026) – Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP is pleased to announce that it has secured a dismissal of an opposition filed against The…
Date & Time: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 at 12:00 PM ET Details: Panitch Schwarze partner Travis W. Bliss, Ph.D. will participate in a program entitled “IP Protection for Cannabis Plants: Available Options and Current Trends” presented by Celesq Attorneys Ed…
A decision from the Federal Circuit published March 12, 2021 upheld a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) order denying institution of an inter partes review (IPR) because a district court case not involving the petitioner was imminently headed to…
On Election Day in the United States, one winner was clear: cannabis. Cannabis legalization in one form or another was on the ballot in five states – Arizona, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota – and passed in all…
As is well known by now, the citizens of Great Britain have chosen to leave the European Union (EU), a move popularly dubbed the “Brexit.” Despite the economic upheaval and media firestorm surrounding the vote, the realm of intellectual property…
Trade secrets are a form of intellectual property protection that are distinct from patents, with which they are often confused. A trade secret is any information that is known to you, but not to others, that gives you a commercial…
Senator Ted Cruz of Texas made headlines earlier this year for a reason completely unrelated to his politics. Shortly after Cruz announced his candidacy for the next presidential election, the news media discovered that the presumptive Internet address for the…
PHILADELPHIA (August 19, 2014) – Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP attorneys, Ronald L. Panitch, William W. Schwarze, Martin G. Belisario, and Alan S Nadel were recently elected by their peers for inclusion in ‘The Best Lawyers in America®’ 2015 (Copyright 2014 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken,…
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled on a patent case, Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, regarding whether business-related software inventions are entitled to patent protection under 35 U.S.C. § 101, which defines the statutory categories of inventions entitled to patent protection.…
On May 1, a federal jury in California awarded $17.4 million in punitive damages be paid by Patriot Rail Company LLC to Sierra Railroad Co. less than two months after awarding a $22.3 million verdict for misappropriation of trade secrets.…
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