The USPTO has issued several recent Federal Register Notices this calendar year. The latest, entitled Guidance on Use of Artificial Intelligence-Based Tools in Practice Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 89...more
4/16/2024
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Copyright ,
Executive Orders ,
Information Disclosure Statement ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
New Guidance ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Training ,
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Delineating the boundaries between trademark protection and protected speech has been a long-contested legal issue. On one hand, the Lanham Act governs the use of trademarks to protect consumers from a likelihood of confusion...more
5/31/2023
/ First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Jack Daniels Properties Inc v VIP Products LLC ,
Lanham Act ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Parody ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks
The United States Constitution provides the basis for patent laws; it says "Congress shall have power . . . to promote the progress of science and useful arts by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the...more
The much-anticipated oral arguments for the case between Jack Daniel’s and a dog toy company, VIP Products, took place at the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22. One of the issues is whether “dog toys [are]...more