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Category: Intellectual Property

The New H-1B Visa Landscape: Opportunities and Changes in 2024

February 20, 2024 |  By: Thomas Dunlap   What is an H-1B visa? It may not sound super exciting, but if you are an employer in the tech industry, particularly the high-technology industry, then you know what these are. The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows companies in the US to employ foreign… Continue reading The New H-1B Visa Landscape: Opportunities and Changes in 2024

Taking The Patent Leap: Invention Information an Entrepreneur Needs

Taking The Patent Leap: Invention Information an Entrepreneur Needs

February 15, 2024 |  By: Anna Kinney and Daniel Finnegan    A great idea can get an entrepreneur started down an exciting business path. If you have an invention, you can consult a patent practitioner, i.e., a patent attorney or a patent agent, to help decide whether to apply for a patent. We can also… Continue reading Taking The Patent Leap: Invention Information an Entrepreneur Needs

Extending The Life of Your Patent

Extending The Life of Your Patent

February 9, 2024 |  By: Daniel Finnegan   The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has just issued a Notice of Allowance for your invention embodied in the Utility Patent Application (UPA) you filed years ago. Your initial reaction may be, ‘Finally! The wait was worth it.”   This blog submits that after the… Continue reading Extending The Life of Your Patent

How Intellectual Property Law and Cybersecurity Intersect

January 26, 2024 |  By: Aaron Jackson The need to secure intellectual property and cybersecurity has never been more urgent. Migrating valuable intellectual property to digital platforms exposes these assets to cyber threats such as hacking, data breaches, and intellectual property theft, just to name a few. This article explores the complex relationship between intellectual… Continue reading How Intellectual Property Law and Cybersecurity Intersect

Hitched on Technical Grounds: TTAB Litigation Insights from Universal Life Church Monastery Storehouse v. American Marriage Ministries

Hitched on Technical Grounds: TTAB Litigation Insights from Universal Life Church Monastery Storehouse v. American Marriage Ministries   January 24, 2024 |  By: Michael Shafer and Alex Butterman   Trademark litigants should heed the cautionary tale in this case – develop your arguments or risk waiving them. The United States Court of Appeals for the… Continue reading Hitched on Technical Grounds: TTAB Litigation Insights from Universal Life Church Monastery Storehouse v. American Marriage Ministries

Situational Morality And Pulse Oximetry: Apple Watch Infringement And Human Nature

Few Apple fans realize how much of the Masimo infringement Apple admitted (“no dispute”), nor the strained nature of Apple’s remnant advocacy

January 9, 2023 |  By: Robert Greenspoon First published at InnovationGadfly.com, reposted with permission.   As a nerdy kid, I used to read popular science magazines in the checkout line, waiting for my mom to finish buying groceries. It was the early 1980’s. I remember picking up the latest Psychology Today issue and flipping through… Continue reading Situational Morality And Pulse Oximetry: Apple Watch Infringement And Human Nature

Apple Watch Imports (Possibly) Banned by the ITC: What Patent Owners Need to Know

Apple Watch Imports (Possibly) Banned by the ITC: What Patent Owners Need to Know

January 2, 2024 |  By: Mark Magas and Robert Greenspoon   You may have a tough time buying a new Apple Watch this year.   What’s Happening with the Apple Watch?   Regular consumers now enjoy a front-row seat to the long-running intellectual property dispute between Apple, the tech giant based in Cupertino, California, and… Continue reading Apple Watch Imports (Possibly) Banned by the ITC: What Patent Owners Need to Know

What Does Using ChatGPT Mean For Lawyers

What Does Using ChatGPT Mean For Lawyers

December 22, 2023 |  By: Hyung Gyu (Leo) Sun   At an age where artificial intelligence technologies are taking over tasks of various occupations, it would be tempting for lawyers to jump on that train and let the new technologies handle their legal work. Not so fast. Because lawyers are charged with the responsibility of carrying out legal… Continue reading What Does Using ChatGPT Mean For Lawyers

Common Intellectual Property Disputes for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs with innovative products, services, or creative works may be vulnerable to intellectual property disputes. Learn about the risks to your business.

January 18, 2023 |  By: Thomas Dunlap Entrepreneurs often invest significant time, effort, and resources in developing new products, services, creative works, and technologies. This intellectual property is a valuable asset that requires protection from competitors who might copy or otherwise exploit it without permission. Of course, these claims go both ways: you need to… Continue reading Common Intellectual Property Disputes for Entrepreneurs

Judge Dismisses Sarah Silverman’s “Nonsensical” Copyright Claims Against Meta: Lessons for AI Developers

Judge Dismisses Sarah Silverman’s “Nonsensical” Copyright Claims Against Meta: Lessons for AI Developers

December 11, 2023   |   By: Daniel Davis   A California federal judge recently dismissed several copyright infringement claims brought by comedian Sarah Silverman and other writers against Meta Platforms, Inc (“Meta”), Facebook’s parent company.[1] In their lawsuit, the writers claim that Meta used illegal copies of their books to develop the company’s Large Language Model… Continue reading Judge Dismisses Sarah Silverman’s “Nonsensical” Copyright Claims Against Meta: Lessons for AI Developers

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