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Limitations on Transformative Use: SCOTUS Finds Nothing Transformative in Warhol’s Use of Goldsmith’s Prince Photo

Reviewing the last U.S. Supreme Court 2022 term, the highest court decided several high-profile cases involving intellectual property rights. The keyword among these cases is “limitation.” There...

SCOTUS Watch: SCOTUS Finds Adding “.com” to “Booking” Makes it a Non-Generic Registrable Mark

In a major ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court held in U.S.P.T.O. v. Booking.com B.V., that an otherwise generic mark used in commerce conveys source-identifying characteristics when used with the “.com”...

SCOTUS Watch: Patent Eligibility Showdown Looming Before Supreme Court

On January 10, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court will discuss at its first conference meeting whether or not to take up one to four cases dealing with patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101. Patent...

SCOTUS Watch: High Court Strikes Down USPTO Attorney’s Fees

On December 11, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s en banc ruling in Peter v. NantKwest, Inc., holding that the USPTO was not entitled to attorney’s...

SCOTUS Watch: Bar on Immoral and Scandalous Marks Violates First Amendment

Source: FUCT™, soon to be FUCT® On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down Iancu v. Brunetti, dealing with the Lanham Act’s Section 2(a) bars to trademark registration’s collision against...

SCOTUS Watch: Government Is Not a Person for Purposes of AIA

On June 10, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Return Mail, Inc. v. United States Postal Service, in which the Court held that the Government was...

SCOTUS Watch: Costs Recovered Limited as Specified in Copyright Act

In the second copyright case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 4, 2019, Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc., the high court dealt with the question of whether “full costs” is more than...

SCOTUS Watch: On-Sale Bar Still Valid Under AIA

On January 22, 2019, the United States Supreme Court handed down a highly anticipated ruling that has caused measurable discrepancies amongst the patent community after the America Invents Act (AIA)...

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