Three interesting intellectual property cases are on the Supreme Court of the United States’ docket in 2023. The Supreme Court’s opinions in these cases could have significant implications for trademark and copyright disputes...more
2/17/2023
/ Copyright ,
Corporate Counsel ,
First Amendment ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Lanham Act ,
Parody ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
We are committed to providing insightful commentary on IP developments from around the world to our Japanese clients. In light of that effort, we are continuing our free monthly webinar series, McDermott IP Focus. During...more
2/3/2023
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Expungement ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Enforcement ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO ,
Webinars
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced a new prioritized examination program to expedite the examination of applications for marks used to identify qualifying COVID-19 medical products and...more
New UK Requirement to Publish Annual Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement -
The United Kingdom’s Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires large commercial organisations operating in the United Kingdom to publish a “slavery...more
4/6/2016
/ Annulment ,
Antitrust Litigation ,
Business Interruption ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
FinCEN ,
Germany ,
Human Trafficking ,
International Trademark Protection ,
Modern Slavery Act ,
Real Estate Market ,
Trademarks ,
UK
In This Issue:
- Features
..Investors in Africa Benefit from Regional Trading Blocs
..Understanding the COMESA Merger Control Regime
..Protecting Your UK Business Against Departing...more
9/17/2014
/ Africa ,
Brand ,
China ,
Coal ,
COMESA ,
Cross-Border ,
Environmental Policies ,
Metals ,
Mining ,
Multinationals ,
Natural Resources ,
Private Equity ,
Trademarks ,
UK
Erich Specht, et al., v. Google, Inc. -
In a decision that provides useful guidance on what constitutes abandonment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld a district court ruling that Google did not...more
Patents/Preliminary Injunction:
Preliminary Injunction Ordered Based on Appellate Claim Construction Aria Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc. -
Addressing a preliminary injunction filed by a defendant in a...more
10/1/2013
/ Claim Construction ,
Copyright ,
Expert Testimony ,
Fair Use ,
Governmental Immunity ,
Governmental Liability ,
Infringement ,
Inter Partes Reexamination ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Registration ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Theft ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO ,
Work-For-Hire
In This Issue:
Patents -
Supreme Court: State Court Has Jurisdiction over a Legal Malpractice Claim; Nothing Non-Obvious About Applying Pre-Existing Technology to the Internet; The Federal Circuit Is Not the...more
2/28/2013
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
America Invents Act ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Attorney Malpractice ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Covenant Not to Sue ,
Design Patent ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Direct Infringement ,
First-to-File ,
Gunn v Minton ,
Infringement ,
Jurisdiction ,
Mattel ,
MGA Entertainment ,
Misappropriation ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Reform ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks