On May 5, 2022, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a new General License (General License No. 31) authorizing certain transactions related to patents, trademarks, and...more
On October 30, 2018, a divided Federal Circuit issued a decision in Converse, Inc. v. ITC, whereby it created a new test for secondary meaning and placed limits on trade dress infringement. The Federal Circuit found...more
The United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU).
The vote to leave the EU will not affect the UK’s relationship with the European Patent Office (EPO). The EPO is governed by the European Patent Convention...more
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On April 30, 2013, Magistrate Judge Westmore recommended that the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California award Facebook $2.8 million in damages from typosquatters under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection...more