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The Wide World of Trademarks

by Lori Wiese-Parks | Gray Plant Mooty on 5/22/2013

As I was digging around recently for some information regarding worldwide trademark activity, I ran across the 2012 State of Trademark Report from Thomson CompuMark and got caught up in the reports and statistics of the World...more

WIPO Reports Increase in International Application Filings in 2012

by Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/17/2013

In March, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced that International patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) increased by 6.6% in 2012. WIPO noted that of the 194,000 PCT...more

The Madrid Protocol: A Passage to Indian Trademark Registration

by Charles Weinstein | Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &... on 4/22/2013

The Madrid Protocol Concerning the International Registration of Trademarks (the “Protocol”) provides a simple, unified, cost-effective means for citizens of member countries (including the United States) to register their...more

Trademark Management and the New Generic Top Level Domains

by Thomas Dover | Nossaman LLP on 3/12/2013

Everyone navigates the Internet. It is the new Grand Commons of society – the place for communication, commerce and information. Web sites populate and inform the internet. Every web site has a domain name such as...more

Advanced Copyright Issues on the Internet - Updated March 2013

by David Hayes | Fenwick & West LLP on 3/6/2013

In This Publication: - I. Introduction - II. Rights Implicated By Transmission And Use Of Works On The Internet A. The Right of Reproduction - 1. The Ubiquitous Nature of "Copies" on the Internet...more

Ron Paul Seeks To Liberate RonPaul.com….From the Hands of Ron Paul Supporters?

by Joshua Jarvis | Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright &... on 2/18/2013

Former U.S. Congressman and presidential candidate Ron Paul, polarizing political figure and active member of the Libertarian Party, is no stranger to conflict, or taking full advantage of intellectual property rights to...more

Protecting Your “.trademark”: ICANN Clarifies Procedure for Objecting to New gTLDs

by Kimberly M. Maynard | BakerHostetler on 2/14/2013

It has been almost two years since the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced that it would accept applications for the registration of new generic top level domain names (gTLDs), increasing the...more

USPTO Issues First-Inventor-to-File Examination Guidelines and Final Rule

by Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 2/14/2013

In a press release issued earlier today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that examination guidelines and the final rule for implementing the first-inventor-to-file (FITF) provisions of the Leahy-Smith America...more

ICANN Deadline Fast Approaching for Objections to New Top-Level Domains

by Dena Bouchard, Peter Brody, Mariel Goetz | Ropes & Gray LLP on 2/13/2013

The deadline is fast approaching for third parties to object to any of the nearly 2,000 new generic top-level domains currently under review by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for potential...more

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