Intepat

OCTOBER 6, 2024

A patent gives the owner exclusive right over their invention for 20 years to commercially exploit it in a manner that prevents others from using, selling, making, or distributing the invention without permission. A patent can be granted when the invention meets certain criteria: Novelty: it must be new and not available in the public domain.

Patent 52

Patent Invention Public Domain Intellectual Property 52

IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 9, 2025

trademark abandonment is defined by the Lanham Act as a ceasing to use a mark in commerce coupled with an absence of intention to resume use. Once a trademark is considered abandoned, it enters into the public domain, and anyone else can lay claim to it. In the U.S., Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Trademark 52

Trademark Cease and Desist Branding Brands 52

LexBlog IP

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A company can use a unique typeface to convey pretty much anything on any of its products, its advertising, its website, and any other place a company would publicly use the written word. Namely, anything protected by a design patent will enter the public domain generally 15 years after the patent office issued the design patent.

Design Patent 52

Design Patent Design Designs Patent 52

IP Intelligence

JULY 19, 2024

Practitioners Remain Responsible for AI Compliance: Information submitted to publicly accessible AI tools could trigger an inadvertent public disclosure and materially affect patentability. AI also cannot hold a USPTO account or independently access a practitioner’s account. may result in a breach of export laws.

Inventor 52

Inventor Confidentiality Social Media Public Domain 52

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

Sometimes there are brand partnerships—Nike and Ben & Jerry’s—but sometimes aftermarket customization adds more brands, like Nikes customized w/Amazon Prime logos. And sometimes brands do unauthorized customizations—McDonald’s customized a PS4 with painted McD fries. Will people assume co-branding? Why are we here?

Trademark Law 72

Trademark Law Trademark Art Brands 72

IPilogue

MARCH 27, 2023

Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Although the original Mickey Mouse’s copyright protection will expire at the end of 2023, Disney will still be able to protect the Mickey Mouse brand through trademark law.

Public Domain 105

Public Domain Copyright Law Copyright Registering Trademarks 105

IPilogue

MARCH 27, 2023

Every year on January 1, works protected under copyright law enter into the public domain due to their copyright protection expiring. Although the original Mickey Mouse’s copyright protection will expire at the end of 2023, Disney will still be able to protect the Mickey Mouse brand through trademark law.

Public Domain 40

Public Domain Copyright Law Copyright Registering Trademarks 40