USPTO Opens New Satellite Office in Dallas, More Coming
There’s good news in the IP law field for people who live in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is opening a new branch in Dallas.…
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Apple Loses Patent Fight, Must Pay Hundreds of Millions
Patents are invaluable when it comes to protecting your idea or invention from those who would seek to use it for their own gain. A patent marks it as your…
Pittsburgh Steelers File Cease and Desist to Protect Trademark
When it comes to trademarks and logos, many companies and organizations take it very personally when another uses a version of its logo for their own purposes. The Steelers and…
How Tech Companies Hide Their IP From Competitors
Large tech companies run on secrecy. Just a leak about a proposed product can make other tech manufacturers rush to market or announce their own products around the same time…
Donald Trump Moves to Defend Campaign Trademarks
The 2016 U.S. Election season is underway, but what does that have to do with IP protections? Sure, at least one candidate every cycle seems to use a song at…
TPP Reaches Final Agreement
As you may have heard in the news, the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP has just reached their final agreement. All that remains now is for it to be ratified among…
Who Owns IP When You’re an Employee?
Intellectual Property, or IP, is a very lucrative commodity in the digital age. Everyone with an idea, from entrepreneurs to business owners, has a stake in the game of intellectual…
India Struggles with Improper GI Registrations
India has a concept called Geographical Indications, or GI as part of their intellectual property rights laws. A similar concept exists in other countries across the world. This right is…
USPTO Releases Intellectual Property Icons
The variety of IP protections out there can be confusing, and as IP gets more international other countries may not have the same fine distinctions that we do. The USPTO…
Artist Sells Instagram Images for Tens of Thousands
An artist has some Instagram users up in arms over what they did with their images. Richard Prince, an artist, screengrabbed posts people made on Instagram, turned them into prints,…