WARHOL: Creator or Infringer?
March 21, 2023
Does an artist have unlimited rights to take another’s work without compensation or permission as the basis for new art? The Supreme Court is about to answer this question in...
News & InsightsIP News AlertsWARHOL: Creator or Infringer?March 21, 2023 Does an artist have unlimited rights to take another’s work without compensation or permission as the basis for new art? The Supreme Court is about to answer this question in... USPTO Transition to eGrants from Paper PatentsMarch 20, 2023 On April 18, 2023, the USPTO will move from paper patents to electronically generated patents (eGrants). This applies to all types of patents (utility, design, plant and reissue... Web3 Blockchain Domain Names: A New Frontier for Trademark ProtectionApril 15, 2022 By: Giovanna H. Fessenden-Fairbank Trademark owners once raced to protect their brands by registering .com domain names on the World Wide Web (Web2). It is with a sense of déjà vu that trademark owners... The Copyright Clash Between Artists: A QuizApril 14, 2022 “Appropriation Artists,” such as Warhol and Koons, often take an image made by another visual artist, usually a professional photographer, without permission, and incorporate... Subject Matter Eligibility Responses May be Deferred in USPTO Pilot ProgramJanuary 31, 2022 On February 1, 2022, the USPTO will launch a Deferred Subject Matter Eligibility Response Pilot Program for qualifying non-provisional patent applications in which the first... Expedited Examination for COVID-19 Related Patent ApplicationsJanuary 26, 2022 Applicants seeking to patent COVID-19 related inventions may want to consider filing their applications under the USPTO’s COVID-19 prioritized examination pilot program. The... Implementation of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020January 6, 2022 By: John L. DuPré and Timothy J. Meagher The Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) was enacted in December 2020. In November 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued regulations to implement the TMA.... Epic Games' Battle Royale with Apple - Epic Games, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.September 16, 2021 By: Giovanna H. Fessenden-Fairbank Epic Games fails to prove that Apple is a monopolist Apple must change its App Store rules to allow third-party developers to use other payment systems On September... United States Supreme Court Decision in Arthrex Finds a Constitutional Remedy for the Structure of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in Post Grant Patent ChallengesJune 25, 2021 By: Lawrence P. Cogswell III,, Ph.D. and Keith J. Wood Decision addresses uncertainty about whether post-grant patent challenges are constitutional. With this ruling, many expect that the USPTO will create a formal procedure by which... Supreme Court Limits Copyright Protection for SoftwareApril 8, 2021 By: Brian T. Moriarty, Mary Lou Wakimura, and Timothy J. Meagher On April 5, 2021, the United States Supreme Court, in Google v. Oracle, issued a landmark decision concerning the application of Copyright Laws to protect software. The Court ruled... The Transition is Over: Evaluating Your Trademark and Design Portfolios in the EU and UK Now That BREXIT is OfficialJanuary 11, 2021 As of January 1, 2021, registered European Union (EU) Trademarks and Community Designs are no longer effective in the United Kingdom (UK). The United Kingdom Intellectual Property... USPTO COVID-19 Response UpdateJune 5, 2020 The USPTO announced that it has launched the COVID-19 Response Resource Center to provide improved access to USPTO initiatives, programs, and other helpful intellectual property-related... |
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