Date & Time: Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 1:00 PM ET Details: Panitch Schwarze partner Travis W. Bliss, Ph.D. will participate in a program entitled “Plants & IP: USPTO Essentials for Agri-Business” presented by the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Delaware…
Non-disclosure agreements, commonly known as NDAs, are a ubiquitous type of contract in many industries. NDAs can be useful in all sorts of situations, such as when companies look to work together on joint projects, when a party seeks investors,…
There are a number of different types of protection that can be used to protect a novel plant cultivar – Plant Patents, USDA Plant Variety Protection (PVP), Utility Patents directed toward a particular variety, foreign Plant Breeder Rights (PBR), Trademarks,…
The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 has changed the way the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) operates, but the work of protecting intellectual property continues, albeit in a different manner. So, when a public meeting of the Trademark Public…
A plaintiff in a trademark infringement suit is not required to show willful infringement by the defendant to be awarded profits. That is the unanimous ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, handed down in a decision on April 23, 2020.…
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.…
Intellectual property assets are valuable. One way to maintain the value of those assets is to correctly use the applicable notice, shown as symbols or specific phrasing, that publicly designate the type of protection claimed. Trademarks, service marks, copyrights, and…
Date: Thursday, September 27, 2018 Time: 12:30 – 1:30 PM, lunch provided Presenter: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP Location: Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel LLP Two Commerce Square 2001 Market Street, Suite 2800 Philadelphia, PA 19103-7044 Registration: $75.00/pre-registration required as…
Inter partes reviews (IPRs) were enacted on September 16, 2012, as part of the America Invents Act (AIA) passed by Congress. IPRs are trial proceedings conducted at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to review the patentability of one…
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