Title: Online Enforcement Description: This presentation will discuss: How to identify online enforcement issues with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and domain namesTake-down actions available directly and through the courts and other organizationsEnforcement via ecommerce/online platforms, payment services, social media, and web…
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) will be enacting several trademark fee adjustments, effective January 2, 2021. We will see significant increases in application filing fees, maintenance and renewal fees, and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) fees.…
On March 29, 2017, the United Kingdom (UK) submitted its intention to withdraw from the European Union (EU). The British exit from the EU – i.e., Brexit – is scheduled to take effect as of March 29, 2019. Once the…
As we have covered in previous blog posts, not every name or brand is eligible for federal trademark registration with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). One of the reasons the USPTO might reject an application to register a…
*This article is based in part on a presentation moderated by Bridget Labutta during the Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association on May 22, 2018 in Seattle, Washington. Owning a trademark brings certain benefits, as well as certain obligations.…
A useful tool in preparing for mediation or in a mediation itself is a decision tree. Decision trees, also known as flow charts, help attorneys to make decisions early in the mediation process and plan for potential outcomes. Long used…
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), created in 2012 as part of the America Invents Act, a branch of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that hears appeals to adverse examiner decisions and conducts trials, including inter…
Over ten million patents have been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to date. Here are four of the stranger ones: “A device for the treatment of hiccups, and more specifically, to a method and apparatus for…
PHILADELPHIA (May 2018) – The Philadelphia intellectual property law firm Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP is pleased to announce that six of its IP attorneys have been named 2018 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars. Philadelphia IP attorneys Martin G.…
PHILADELPHIA (May 2018) – Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP is proud to announce that the firm and several of its attorneys again have been ranked among the top attorneys in intellectual property law by Chambers USA, a leading legal ranking guide. In…
Panitch Schwarze commits the time to listen to and evaluate each client’s unique needs so we can advise on the best forms of IP protection.