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PTO Offers Guidance Following the Decision in USPTO v. Booking.com

By Maliya G. Rattliffe on November 25, 2020

Last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) issued a guidance document describing how they plan on following the Supreme Court’s recent decision in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office …
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Amy Coney Barrett on IP Issues

By Elizabeth A. Patton on October 16, 2020

As the Senate hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett conclude, and as her confirmation looms nearly certain, I’ve been wondering where she falls on Intellectual Property (IP) issues. Turns out…
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Posted in Copyright, Trademarks

5Pointz Graffiti Art Case Affords SCOTUS the Opportunity to Interpret Rarely Tested Copyright Law

By Melissa E. Scott on July 22, 2020

On Monday, G&M Realty, a real estate development company, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a $6.75 million damages award that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District…
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Redskins Changing Team Name/Logo

By Elizabeth A. Patton on July 14, 2020

As a surprise to many, the Washington Redskins recently announced that it will be changing its 87-year old name.  This decision comes after recent events that sparked nationwide discussions about…
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Supreme Court Approves Booking.com Trademark

By Elizabeth A. Patton on July 1, 2020

This week, the United States Supreme Court issued an important decision in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com affirming that “Booking.com” is a protectable trademark.  This case stemmed from…
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The Landscape of Copyright Co-Ownership

By Elizabeth A. Patton on June 29, 2020

An update from Kevin Sandoval, one of the firm’s summer associates:

What started as a copyright infringement claim against the California high school that inspired the television series “Glee” has…
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Copyright for Law Texts Rejected

By Elizabeth A. Patton on May 29, 2020

Following up on an earlier blog post about the State of Georgia’s ability to copyright the annotations to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated (“OCGA”), the U.S. Supreme Court finally…
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Posted in Copyright, Copyright Litigation, Copyright Registration

Cancellations at USPTO, PTAB, TTAB, etc.

By Elizabeth A. Patton on March 16, 2020

On Friday, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that it was cancelling all in-person meetings — including all examiner interviews, all meetings between examiners and applicants, and…
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Copyright for Annotations to Legal Text?

By Elizabeth A. Patton on September 17, 2019

During this coming term, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear an interesting case involving the State of Georgia’s ability to copyright the annotations to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated…
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Posted in Copyright, Copyright Litigation

Immoral & Scandalous Marks Survive

By Elizabeth A. Patton on June 28, 2019

It’s old news by now, but the Supreme Court ruled earlier this week that the immoral and scandalous  trademark ban set forth in Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act is…
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