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Federally Registered Trademark Protects Brand Names

Many entrepreneurs and small businesses start their business by offering goods or services on the internet ...

So You Have A Phone App That You Want to Patent — Or Subject Matter Patentability

Subject matter patentability defines what types of inventions may receive patent protection, and favors physical objects. ...

What’s In a Name? Unicorn Latte v. Unicorn Frappuccino

A rose by any other name is still a rose, but what about a Unicorn Latte? ...

Post America Invents Act — Inside the “On-Sale Bar” of 35 USC §102

The Constitutional right to obtain a patent is subject to certain limitations, including that an inventor ...

Trademark Applicants – Beware of Scams After Filing TM App

A trademark application filed with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office contains required information about the ...

Design Patents – Year in Review

Companies continue to see the value of design patents.  Nike, Inc. is ranked 5th in the ...

Damages for Infringement of Design Patents – Supreme Court Clarifies Rules in Apple v. Samsung

Apple Inc. is known for the number of patents it owns. Apple doesn’t just own patents, it ...

Tips to Selecting Proper Trademark Classification in Trademark Application

Every trademark application filed with the United States Patent& Trademark Office (PTO) must identify the goods ...

Apple, Inc. and What a Company can do with $231.5 Billion Cash-on-Hand

People often ask about the extent of patent and trademark applications needed to protect the intellectual property ...

Copyright Trolls Update

A previous article discussed how Getty Images, Inc. and other image licensing companies routinely send out ...