Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

It is never to late to try to take advantage of the many benefits of USPTO trademark registration. Even a business that has been operating for years without a trademark registration would generally benefit from trying to enhance the protection for the brand by finally registering it. Ideally, a business should protect its trademarks from the outset, filing as the brand launches or even earlier based on an intent-to-use the mark.

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IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Intellectual Property rights (IPRs) are generally known as "negative rights" because the owner enforces them by stopping third parties from exploiting the rights' subjects. An IPR is typically infringed when a third party performs an act that is legally restricted to either the owner of the IPR or a person who has the owner's permission to exploit the right (a licensee).

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Art Law Journal

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Steve Schlackman. A team of scientists, programmers and historians have created an algorithm that created a physical work of art that mimics the look of a genuine Rembrandt painting. But can a computer generated work have copyright protection?

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Dear Rich IP Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dear Rich: If a movie falls into the public domain, are all of the individual images in it also public domain? What if the image is of a movie star? Yes, you are free to copy the individual frames or images from a public domain movie without permission. Film elements such as music or promotional photos are also usually public domain as well although, on rare occasions, they may be under separate copyright.

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Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

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?

Technology

Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

When a trademark application is “approved for publication,” it is good news. But it also means that the application has not yet reached the final conclusion. In this podcast Erik explain the long and winding road process towards getting your trademark fully approved, and the “publication” stop along the way. The post What does it when a USPTO trademark application is “Approved for Publication”?

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IP Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2020

While Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been known as a scientific discipline since the 1950s, companies have only begun to use it significantly in internal processes and their products during the last 10 years. This is because the necessary computing power and mass data storage have only been available at economically reasonable costs for a few years.

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Canadian Intellectual Property Blog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The Federal Court in a recent decision found a wide-reaching examination practice respecting purposive construction that was introduced by The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) 7 years ago, to be against principles of purposive construction set forth by the Supreme Court and damaging to the prosecution of patents in several technology areas.

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Erik K Pelton

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

A coming increase in USPTO filing fees and constant scams are a couple of the reasons why trademark owners ought to check renewal dates. In this segment, Erik further explains the reasons why now is the time to check on renewals. The post Why You Should Check Trademark Renewal Deadline Now appeared first on Erik M Pelton & Associates, PLLC. A coming increase in USPTO filing fees and constant scams are a couple of the reasons why trademark owners ought to check renewal dates.

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Trademark 100

GDB Firm Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

New York City indoor pools, except spa pools (whirlpools and hot tubs) located in gyms and fitness centers, are permitted to re-open tomorrow, September 30, 2020, provided they meet the NYC and NYS Department of Health guidelines.

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