From the initial design plans, to the choice and fabrication of materials, to the finished project, there are many components of a construction or infrastructure project that can give rise to intellectual property (“IP”)...more
1/21/2022
/ Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Copyright ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Design Patent ,
Design Professionals ,
General Contractors ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Patents ,
Risk Management ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks ,
Utility Patents
In the much-anticipated Hasbro Inc. v. EUIPO (T-663/19) decision, the General Court of the European Union announced a new approach to evaluating bad faith in trademark filings and signaled a more aggressive stance toward the...more
One of the many reasons the year 2020 will be memorable is for the social justice movements and demonstrations that have inspired a flood of new trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
A recent...more
After receiving a wave of backlash against the decision to name her new shapewear line “Kimono” – as in the name for the traditional Japanese garment – Kim Kardashian has recently relented from adopting the term as a part of...more
In the magical land of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, a new chapter has been added to the trademark fairytale: consumers may have a real interest in preventing the exclusive appropriation of merely descriptive or...more
The women’s hosiery powerhouse, Spanx, is being sued for allegedly copying designs of a small shapewear company (R and A Synergy, LLC, v. Spanx, Inc., (C.D. Cal. 2017)). In the Complaint filed on December 21, 2017 in the...more
1/24/2018
/ Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Design Patent ,
Fashion Branding ,
Fashion Industry ,
Infringement ,
Patents ,
Trade Dress ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademarks ,
Unfair Competition ,
Utility Patents