Mar 22Trademark Modernization ActIn an effort to help combat an increase in fraudulent trademark filings and registrations, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA)...
Mar 15Teaching Away And Motivation To CombineTeaching away and motivation to combine are defenses that may be used to help overcome an obviousness-type rejection of claims in a...
Mar 8When You Should Consider Hiring A Trademark AttorneyIf you are an inventor or business owner, you probably take great pride in your invention or business. But merely having an invention or...
Mar 1The Intersection Of Trade Secrets And PatentsA federal court in New Orleans has allowed a trade secret claim to proceed to trial, even though the alleged trade secrets were disclosed...
Feb 22Protecting Individual Replacement PartsIn Automotive Body Parts Ass’n v. Ford Global Techs. (Fed. Cir. 2019), Ford accused the Automotive Body Parts Association (ABPA) of...
Jan 18In Re Morinville: Computer Generated Business Organization Not PatentableIn the case of In re Morinville, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Court”) affirmed on appeal the decision of the Patent...
Nov 20, 2020Canada Rejects Problem-Solution Approach For Computer Implemented PatentThe Canadian Federal Court has rejected the problem-solution approach as adopted by the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) for...
Jul 10, 2019U.S. Licensed Attorney Requirement For Foreign Trademark Applicants And RegistrantsThe USPTO has amended the Rules of Practice in Trademark Cases to require applicants, registrants, or parties to a trademark proceeding...