Trademark Formats: Words vs. Designs vs. Word & Design Combinations
Ownership of a brand often includes several trademark claims, such as a claim to a logo, a claim to a slogan, a claim to a design, or a claim solely ...
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Keys to Defending Corporate Fraud
Corporate fraud involves the intentional misrepresentation of company activities or financial information in order to mislead the public and increase company profits. Corporate fraud has become increasingly common in ...
The Principal Register or the Supplemental Register: What’s Best for Your Trademark?
Until you decided to apply for trademark protection, you probably weren’t aware that the federal government has two different trademark registries: The Principal Register and the Supplemental Register. Though ...
Protecting Your Trademark
By Mary Beaghler Penn, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig You’ve just invented a new gizmo and want to protect your prized product from being knocked off the front page of ...
What to Know About Patent Protection for Your New Medical and Healthcare Design
By Thomas Dunlap (This article originally appeared in Healthcare Business Today). As research, development, and growth continues in medical device and new healthcare technologies, the need to patent ideas quickly ...
France.com Case Garnering Global Attention, Including New York Times Feature
The past few days have seen a flurry of media coverage for a historic domain infringement case against the government of France for the rights to France.com, a domain ...
Software Developers: Beware of IP Theft
If you have developed proprietary software, registering your software with the U.S. Copyright Office should be one of your top priorities. Original software code is protected under U.S. copyright ...
What does the Supreme Court case of TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Mean for MDL patent cases?
By Thomas Dunlap, Partner, Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig Litigants facing patent infringement often avail themselves of the Multidistrict Litigation or MDL process. MDL allows large, related patent proceedings to ...
The Oil States Decision and the Future of the PTAB
By Thomas Dunlap, Partner, DBL The US Supreme Court issued two much-awaited opinions in the cases of Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC and SAS Institute ...
National Institutes of Health Awards Counsel Contract to DBL
We’re excited to announce that Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig has been awarded a significant contract as outside counsel to National Institutes of Health. The DBL team looks forward to serving ...