Intellectual improbabilitiesBy Daniel KeganIntellectual Property, November 1999DOJ antitrust guidelines for competitor collaboration. The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission October 1, 1999 released and sought comment on proposed guidelines for lawful and illegal collaboration among competitors.
IP Q&AIntellectual Property, November 1999John Augustyn offers these questions to sharpen our patent analyses. We welcome your suggestions of interesting intellectual property questions--with your suggested answers, for publication in following issues.
Safe IP: derivative infringementBy Daniel KeganIntellectual Property, November 1999Obtaining a patent, copyright, or trademark is no guarantee that you do not infringe. Your patented invention may be an improvement on an earlier patented invention, and read on the earlier patent's claims
Native American tribe insignia under studyIntellectual Property, June 1999Federal law requires the Patent and Trademark Office to study a variety of issues surrounding trademark protection for official insignia of federally and state recognized Native American tribes.
Safe IP: Signing applicationsBy Daniel KeganIntellectual Property, June 1999Priority is often paramount in deciding trademark rights and disputes.
States gain IP immunityBy Daniel KeganIntellectual Property, June 1999A narrow but consistent 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that state sovereignty prevents suing a state for patent infringement or for unfair competition damages.
The hows and whys of Web site auditsBy Lynn E. Rzonca & Patricia M. DeSimoneIntellectual Property, May 1999By now your company's Web site is up and running. Monthly "hit" reports show that more and more "visitors" (read: potential clients) are accessing your site.
Intellectual improbabilities™By Daniel KeganIntellectual Property, May 1999Popular patents. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued a record 151,024 patents in 1998, up 33% from 113,720 in 1997. For the sixth year in a row, IBM was the leading patentee, with 2,657 issued patents, up 54% from 1997.
Safe IP: Corporate name and trademark differBy Daniel KeganIntellectual Property, May 1999Don't be confused between corporate names and trademarks. Incorporation, partnership, and other business and nonprofit organization status is governed by state law.
Selected U.S. domain name case decisionsBy David LoundyIntellectual Property, May 1999The first Internet domain name case decision was released in 1994, the second domain name case decision was a year later.
Congress calls a time-out on Internet taxesBy Miriam V. HallbauerIntellectual Property, February 1999The Internet is a booming marketplace. Internet sales, already reaching billions of dollars annually, likely will reach the hundreds of billions in the next decade.
The “Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act”By David LoundyIntellectual Property, February 1999An important piece of legislation was signed by President Clinton in October, the "Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act," passed as part of the "Digital Millennium Copyright Act" (Public Law 105-304), that affects Internet service providers and copyright holders that are infringed online.
Recent changes to trademark opposition and cancellation practiceBy Joseph T. NaborIntellectual Property, February 1999The Patent and Trademark Office has recently issued its amendment to the Rules of Practice in inter partes proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Safe IPBy Daniel KeganIntellectual Property, February 1999Filing a document. To an intellectual property attorney, "filing a document" generally means ensuring the document is accepted by the proper government office, often the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Copyright Office, or a foreign government office.