An employer may have rights in a patent on its employee’s invention in three situations...more
5/7/2013 - Inventions Inventors Patents Shop Rights Transfers
A U.S. federal court has held that the publication by a media monitoring service of excerpts from Associated Press news articles is copyright infringement for which the fair use defense is not available. The Associated Press...more
4/4/2013 - Associated Press Copyright Copyright Infringement Fair Use
It is a basic principle of trademark law that a mark can only be assigned with the goodwill of the business to which the mark relates, for the good reason that the mark is in fact inseparable from the business. But what kind...more
1/23/2013 - Cab Calloway Intent-to-Use Trademark Holders Trademarks Transfer of Interest USPTO
Amazon has recorded another success in its battle with Apple over use of the term APP STORE. The U.S. District Court in California has granted Amazon’s motion for summary judgment on Apple’s claim of false advertising...more
1/14/2013 - Amazon App Store Apple Infringement Lanham Act Summary Judgment Trademarks
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