Selling on Amazon is nearly ubiquitous, so it’s imperative to protect your brand – your trademark – across the platform. Amazon has made it easier to do so by overhauling its Brand Registry last year and creating, in their own…
Once you’ve trademarked the name of your business, no other entity can use that name in commerce. Everybody knows that. Right? Wrong, actually. One of the more common misconceptions we encounter in our trademark law practice is the belief that…
Today, in a 6-3 opinion in Kimble et al v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the rule against post-expiration patent royalties. Justice Kagan wrote the majority opinion. Justices Alito and Thomas, joined by Chief Justice Roberts, dissented.…
As the rest of the world was welcoming the United States and Japan to the Hague System for the International Registration of Industrial Designs, Judge Linn of the Federal Circuit “stole the limelight.” In yesterday’s decision in Akamai Technologies, Inc. v.…
While 2014 saw several watershed moments in the IP arena, 2015 promises to be every bit as exciting. Intellectual property assets remain the engine that drive the world’s economy, with new discoveries creating new markets and fueling new business growth,…
In a decade that has seen major developments in intellectual property rights and IP law, 2014 was still a significant year. Tech giants such as Google, Samsung and Apple grabbed headlines in their battles over infringement claims, patent reform measures…
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