Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Silly Trademarks

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And for today's lighter moment, the federal trademark office has approved for publication this image of a hamburger patty -- -- as...
Thursday, January 24, 2019

U.S. Patent Office May Shut Down In Two Weeks

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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced today that it may run out of funds to operate the patent office by the second week of Febru...
Monday, January 14, 2019

Trademark Use -- Some Websites Just Won't Do

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In this age of web-based product marketing and sales, the Federal Circuit provides a reminder that a web page may not suffice as an acceptab...
Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Top Ten U.S. Patent Recipients in 2018

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IBM remains No.1 for most issued patents during 2018, and Ford cracks the top ten.
Monday, January 7, 2019

Is There A Southern Border Crisis?

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It seems to me that if there is a true national crisis, then we don't need to think about it, we don't need to debate it, we don...

U.S. Government Shutdown Is Not Helping U.S. IP-Based Business

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The shut down, or slow down, of various U.S. government offices caused by the budget impasse is doing more than merely  inconveniencing visi...
Friday, January 4, 2019

1923 Copyrights Have Now Expired -- Long Live 1923

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Copyrights last a long time, but they do eventually expire. This is now the case with works first published in the U.S. in 1923, and previou...
Thursday, November 22, 2018

JFK: 55 years, and counting

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Lest we forget.  May 29, 1917 -- November 22, 1963