5 Aug 2013
There are many well founded fears about progress and how intellectual property may come to reshape our society. The New Statesman however, has hit on the most solid and grounded fear of them all: that robots are coming to steal your job. And not just blue collar jobs either, Alex Hern’s article opines that white...
20 Jun 2013
A design patent is a type of patent made on the aesthetic appearance of an object as opposed to a patent on its function. An engine, for example, has a specific purpose or function and this function could be protected by the standard and well known utility patent but the way the engine is designed...
3 Jan 2013
On November 28, 2006, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the case of KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc. The case itself concerned a broadly worded patent claim that the United States Patent Office (USPTO) told the Supreme Court was invalid under Section 103 of the Patent Act and was issued in...
7 Jan 2012
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed a district court ruling that defendant’s request for an injunction on a theory of trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C.S. § 1114(1) was barred by laches. Tillamook Country Smoker v. Tillamook County Creamery Association, Case No. 04-35843 (9th cir., Oct. 11, 2006). Defendant Tillamook County Creamery...