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Patent Office Web Site Experiencing Outages
The US Patent & Trademark Office website has been experiencing outages in the last two days. Throughout much of Wednesday, the “private PAIR” system, which allows customers to view the status and...
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Google, Producer Sued by Actress Film Involving Prophet Mohammed
One of the women who acted in the now infamous movie known as “Innocence of Muslims” is suing the producer of the film for copyright infringement. The movie, whose trailer was leaked on YouTube,...
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US Patent & Trademark Office Closed Due to Hurricane Sandy
The federal government — including the US Patent & Trademark Office — will be closed on Monday, October 29 due to the impending storm from Hurricane Sandy. Additionally, thousands of flights in the...
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Can You Patent Yoga Pants?
U.S. Design Patent No. D645,644 to Lululemon Athletics The importance of design protection in the fashion world has been in the news a lot recently. As we mentioned, Christian Louboutin has been...
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Yahoo Drops ® From Trademark
New Yahoo! CEO Marisa Mayer has attracted a good deal of attention since her appointment as the youngest chief executive of a Fortune 500 company. Not all of her new decisions however have been...
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Chinese Counterfeiter Gets Life Sentence
In a recent case out of China’s Heyuan Intermediate People’s Court, Xiao Zhenjiang, the leader of a counterfeiting gang was sentenced to life in prison and all of his belongings and property were...
View ArticleInventor Claims Credit for Heinz’s “Dip & Squeeze”
The latest front in the battle over intellectual property rights involves a ketchup packet and who can lawfully lay claim to the honor of inventing the “Dip & Squeeze.” An employee of the Chicago...
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Philadelphia Deli Sues Trademark Office Over Apostrophe
A deli in Philadelphia has filed suit against the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over an apostrophe, claiming that its “Philadelphia’s Cheesesteak” is “so superlative,” so “gloriously gluttonous,” it...
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Supreme Court Hears Case Involving First Sale Doctrine
A long standing principle of copyright law is that a purchaser of a copyrighted work has the right to resell the item without obtaining permission from the copyright owner. So, it is permissible, for...
View ArticleMiscellaneous IP Nuggets #9
The USPTO confirmed that David Kappos will step down as the director for Patents in January, 2013. This is very unfortunate since Kappos has been doing an outstanding job as commissioner. Kappos’...
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