Trademarks Post-Tam & Brunetti
Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Matal v. Tam, decided in 2017, and Iancu v. Brunetti, decided this past May, both dealt with registration of trademarks under 15 U.S.C. §1052(a) (§2(a))...
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,241,896 B2
The DreamForce 2019 conference will be held in San Francisco from November 19-22, 2019. To commemorate DreamForce, the blog will highlight a recently-issued Salesforce, Inc. patent. U.S. Patent No....
Prosecution History Estoppel Limits Design Patent Amendments
A fascinating ruling dealing with design patents, amendments made during prosecution, and limitations on claim scope was handed down by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on September 12,...
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,376,551 B2
Source: U.S. Patent No. 10,376,551 B2, August 13, 2019, to Ross Franklin, Ed Rosenthal, & Rachel Franklin (inventors); ERS Holdings LLC (applicant); Pivot Naturals, LLC (assignee) U.S. Patent No....
U.S. Patent No. 10,346,782 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,346,782 B2 (‘782), issued on July 9, 2019, for “Adaptive Augmented Decision Engine.” The inventor is Steven C. Tiell of San Francisco, California. The applicant and assignee is...
Limitations on State Sovereign Immunity on Venue
Source: U.S. Patent No. 7,033,603, Apr. 25, 2006, to Kevin D. Nelson & Brent B. Crow (inventors); Board of Regents of the Univ. of Texas (assignee) The issue of sovereign immunity has been raised...
TechPat: U.S. Patent No. 10,313,638 B1: Halloween Edition
Halloween will be commemorated by a review of a creepy patent. U.S. Patent No. 10,313,638 B1 (‘638) issued on June 4, 2019, for “Image Creation Using Geo-Fence Data.” The inventors are Kalidas...
Collecting Royalties Indicative of Authorship, not Work for Hire
On August 21, 2019, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in an interesting example of what is deemed “work for hire,” as defined by the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §201(b), in Morricone...
CannabIP: U.S. Patent No. 10,334,796 B2
U.S. Patent No. 10,334,796 B1 issued on July 2, 2019, for “Methods and Systems of Cultivation,” to inventors Eric Speidell and Kyle Speidel of Denver, Colorado. The applicant/assignee is MJ Brain...
PlantIP: PVPs for Hemp Currently Processed by PVPO
Patent, copyright, and trademark are the three most common and well-known IPs. However, there are many other IPs. Three types of IPs protecting new plant varieties, or plant breeder’s rights, are...
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