Coca-Cola Bottle Patent Turns 100
When it comes to patents, you can never have too many. Even improving a design in just a minuscule way deserves a patent. One company has been innovating and patenting…
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The Patent Law Utility Requirement
Patent law can be a tricky issue to approach. The object of getting a patent is so that you can protect your invention from anyone else marketing or selling it.…
Cannabis Dealers Having Trouble Registering Trademarks
Registering a trademark should be one of the first things any savvy business owner does. A trademark, whether it is a name or a logo, can not only make a…
Urban Farmers Lose Trademark Fight
One of the dangers of having a trademark is that it can become generic if you do not police your mark. A simple example of this is Google. To “google”…
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.…
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…