The IP law section of the American Bar Association (ABA) outlined its recommended revisions of 35 USC, section 101 in a recent letter to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).The association provided its interpretation and suggested revisions of section 101, which covers patent subject matter eligibility and has been the focus of a [...]
On the heel of reports that forever 21 is offering lookalike version of Rihanna Fenty’s for Puma, the German sport wear giant had slapped the copyright retailer with a design patent, trade dress, copyright infringement lawsuits. According to Pumas suit which was filed in district US court for the central district of California, the [...]
Over past few weeks, this moggy has been scampering between several conference and events about Brexit and Intellectual Property, and the progress of unitary patent and unified patent court. Back in the days it was announced that Tim Moss would be the new Chief Executive of UK IPO. Laura Starrs, set out what the [...]
The United States was once again the top ranked country for intellectual property protection in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s annual Global IP Index for 2017, but the rankings were closer than ever. Indeed, in 2017 the U.S., UK, Japan, and European Union (EU) economies ranked more closely together than ever before, which was no [...]
On Wednesday, March 22nd, Redmond, WA-based consumer hardware and software company Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced that the company had entered into a new patent licensing agreement with Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corporation (NYSE:TM). The licensing agreement, which covers patents directed at connected car technologies, is the latest partnership between these two companies seeking to increase entertainment and autonomous tech [...]
With the business group now fighting against trial lawyers, Inc’s longtime grip on state judiciaries, the litigation lobby has turned its attention to state legislature, where it is not only blocking tort reforms but working to expand its portfolio of litigation opportunities. Among other things, state legislators are authorizing new kind of lawsuits, raising [...]
