The Only Good Patent
… is a smiley patent! (Most aren’t.) I got a heads-up on this one from the editor of Blawg Review, but before I could slip... Read more
Category: Patents
Patent medicine
Victoria Pynchon collects and reflects on some of the recent thinking about whether patent litigation makes any sense for anyone besides patent ligitators. Originally posted... Read more
Absolutely Non-Boring Patent Story!
Bill Heinze writes about Patent Terrorism and whether it fits into the model, oft discussed here, of improper use of the intellectual property system as... Read more
SCOTUS to hear landmark eBay patent case
From Reuters: The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear arguments in a patent case involving online auctioneer eBay Inc. that is part of a... Read more
Settlement reached in Blackberry case
In case you get all your news here — well, more specifically, since we have dealt with this issue — the news today is that... Read more
Rogue phOne: A Design Wars Story
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… in a May 2016 blog post entitled “Design Patents at the Supreme Court: A Picture is Worth…”... Read more
Where nobody knows your name
I subbed for a more important lawyer on a panel for the American Intellectual Property Association Spring Meeting in New York today (May 7, 2010).... Read more
Talk about your business method patents!
Sander Gelsing, Canadian Patent and Trademark Trade Mark Lawyer, picks up on a doozy. Originally posted 2010-05-26 12:48:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
We make those?
_ _ When is too much quality control over licensees a bad thing? When a trademark licensor gets sued for a defective product with its... Read more
Constitution? But we’re patent lawyers!
Maybe. Maybe not: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office may have a major problem on its hands — the possibly unconstitutional appointment of nearly two-thirds... Read more
He won’t be the last!
Sander Gelsing says that the suspense is over: There’s finally a “Canadian with a patented doughnut”! Originally posted 2013-10-29 12:56:18. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
“That must be exhausting!” (Guest post)
Patents ARE different from copyrights! In a case distinguishing overseas inks (that is, ink on the printed page, on the one hand, versus ink in... Read more
No more Wikipedia…
… for Patent Examiners. Trademark practitioners are, however, still stuck with it and its unpredictable effects. Originally posted 2014-08-07 16:31:44. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Read more
Prepothterouth Patentth
Forbes.com lays out the case for patent reform, the way we “soft IP” guys like it — in pictures. Originally posted 2008-03-11 23:12:35. Republished by... Read more