Dear Rich IP Blog
JUNE 30, 2020
Dear Rich: I am trying to trademark my record label name, but am stuck on which class of goods best describes what I want to sell as a label. I plan on selling vinyl records and digital downloads. Which goods class would be most appropriate? International Class 009 (IC 009 - Electrical and Scientific Apparatus) is your best choice if you are applying to federally register your record label trademark.
Bio Law Blog
JUNE 21, 2020
Amgen Inc. and Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc. settled three Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings concerning patents covering Alexion’s blockbuster humanized monoclonal antibody drug Soliris®, with Amgen obtaining a royalty-free license for marketing a biosimilar prior to expiration of the patents at issue. Alexion is the maker of Soliris (eculizumab), a humanized monoclonal antibody against complement protein C5, indicated for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH)
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DuetsBlog
JUNE 15, 2020
Obi-Wan Kenobi , Chuck Norris , and a Walleye Sandwich have what in common? Well, each of the three are called to mind in Rapala’s 2020 billboard ad campaign. If you’ve been with us since the beginning , more than eleven years ago now, you’ll appreciate that we look forward to seeing Rapala’s creativity each year. And, by the way, what is your all-time favorite from the annual Rapala line up that we’ve been covering for a dozen seasons now (minus 2019, given my move)?
KMK Blog
JUNE 30, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that a generic word like “booking” combined with “ com” can achieve trademark registration even if the generic word alone cannot. The opinion , authored by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, rejected the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s nearly per se argument that “generic.com” terms are ineligible for trademark registration regardless of consumer perception evidence. “Whether any given ‘generic.com’ term
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Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?
IP Spotlight
JUNE 30, 2020
Are you developing new technologies, treatments or other inventions that are useful to combat the COVID-19 epidemic? If so, my colleagues Gunjan Agarwal and Chipo Jolibois recently wrote a useful article discussing the Open COVID Pledge and how it can be used when patenting COVID-19-related inventions. For the full article on Law360 , click here.
GDB Firm Blog
JUNE 25, 2020
??The "Emergency Rent Relief Act of 2020," signed by Governor Cuomo on June 17, establishes rent relief for residential low-income tenants by providing up to $100,000,000 in voucher payments to landlords to subsidize rent owed by low-income tenants.
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Bio Law Blog
JUNE 30, 2020
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the constitutionality of inter partes review proceedings (IPRs) challenging patents issued before the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA). The AIA, enacted in September 2011, introduced IPRs and other post-grant review proceedings enabling third parties to challenge the validity of issued patents before the Patent Office under a lower standard of proof than in district court.
DuetsBlog
JUNE 5, 2020
Here’s a question for our design-minded readers: If survey evidence told you that consumers recalled only certain elements of a beloved logo, would you remove the rest, and reduce it to only the most commonly remembered features? . Most likely, your answer doesn’t involve analysis under trademark law. . So, maybe, this post will influence how you think about the answer to that question. .
Canadian Intellectual Property Blog
JUNE 10, 2020
We live in the digital age of smartphones and social media, where the large scale capturing and sharing of photographs has become a global run-of-the-mill form of communication and expression. The rights in these photographs are typically subject to the licensing schemes of the various social media platforms to which they are posted. This is because the authors of these works, the photographers, own copyright in the images they create.
GDB Firm Blog
JUNE 23, 2020
Franchisors and state regulators have been struggling with the issue of how franchisors can continue to sell franchises in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in a way that is not misleading, particularly if their franchise disclosure document (FDD) contains historical information from 2019 about franchisee financial performance which predates the pandemic?
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Women and diverse employees have the technical skill and knowledge, yet their contributions are not patented at the same rate as those of their male counterparts.This toolkit can help organizations move the needle on achieving gender parity in innovation.
GDB Firm Blog
JUNE 18, 2020
Although Housing Court is reopening on June 22, 2020 business will not be as usual for tenants, landlords and lawyers. New filings, summary proceedings and warrants may be submitted but with caveats.
GDB Firm Blog
JUNE 15, 2020
For over 100 years, the Federal Reserve has acted as a liquidity facility for the banking industry, meaning that the Federal Reserve lends money to banks when they need it. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and the CARES Act stimulus program, Congress provided a budget authorization that allows the Federal Reserve to make or purchase interests in loans to "Main Street" businesses.
GDB Firm Blog
JUNE 11, 2020
One result of COVID-19 — the price gouging of health, safety and welfare supplies — has caught the attention of lawmakers in New York. Existing law prohibits price gouging "during periods of abnormal disruption in the market" with respect to consumer goods "bought or rendered primarily for personal, family or household purposes." An amendment that became law last week extends the anti-price gouging mandate to medical supplies and services that are essential for "the care, cur
GDB Firm Blog
JUNE 9, 2020
?In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the New York City Council has passed legislation that gives significant relief to restaurant owners.
GDB Firm Blog
JUNE 8, 2020
On Friday, June 5, the President signed the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act, which made significant changes in the PPP as it had been initially enacted on March 27, 2020. These FAQs, divided into 5 separate subject matter areas, represent our answers, based upon the current state of the law, to questions we have been asked by clients and by over 2000 participants in webinars we have given on the Paycheck Protection Program in the past 2 months.
GDB Firm Blog
JUNE 1, 2020
On May 26, 2020, seven bills focused on the protection of small businesses, restaurants, and tenants of New York City were signed into law by Mayor Bill de Blasio. These new laws provide some reprieve for the many individuals, businesses and restaurants that have been hit hard by the pandemic. See press announcement here.
GDB Firm Blog
JUNE 1, 2020
The New York City Council has attempted to give some business owners additional relief from the economic effects of COVID-19. If a commercial lease provides that a natural person who is not the tenant is personally liable under the lease, the statute prohibits landlords from enforcing that personal liability provision if the tenant has been impacted by COVID-19.
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