SCOTUS: It’s not the intent that counts
Ron ColemanDisgorge, infringers! Disgorge!
Social media is evidence
Earlier this month (on August 15, 2016), two of my Archer & Greiner colleagues, Dan Farino and Douglas Leney, published an article in the National Law Journal called “Social Media…
Costco neko wo kamu
Matthew David BrozikIf Tiffany was miffed at Costco before, it’s positively infuriated now. You will recall that on February 14 the high-end jeweler Tiffany & Co. sued the decidedly-not-high-end warehouse club Costco,…
Best of 2011: Upper crust – the POCKET SANDWICHES croissants saga
First posted on July 15, 2011. Letters, we get letters. Sometimes people just want to share their trademark woes with me. Sometimes they want free advice, or cheap advice, or…
Upper crust: the POCKET SANDWICHES (and maybe croissants) saga (Part 2 of 2)
Carl VennittiLast week I told the story — as told through this TTAB opinion — of Carl Vennitti’s seven-year tug of war with Nestlé, maker of Hot Pockets food-type product and…
Upper crust – the POCKET SANDWICHES croissants saga (Part 1 of 2)
Letters, we get letters. Sometimes people just want to share their trademark woes with me. Sometimes they want free advice, or cheap advice, or just a broad, powerful if round…
Tidying up your Internet
I was writing about ways to get to non-compliant IP-infringing websites before it was fashionable. But eventually more and more law-enforcement folks and legislators have caught up with my visionary…
About that SLAPP thing
A number of law bloggers have posted recently (as noted by Colin Samuels at the link referred to in my previous post) in support of a federal statute to deal…
Patent medicine
Ron ColemanVictoria Pynchon collects and reflects on some of the recent thinking about whether patent litigation makes any sense for anyone besides patent ligitators.
Don’t ask me to keep your secrets
Ron ColemanMichael Atkins reports on an interesting development that could have a real effect on certain widespread litigation practices if it were to spread: A federal District Judge denying entry of…