On April 19, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum informing the Examining Corps of recent changes in examination p...

The Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) became the effective law on May 11, 2016. While trade secrets are often the less talked aspect of a company’s intellect...

Despite numerous setbacks and delays - most recently a June 2017 decision by the German Constitutional Court that prevents Germany from adopting the Unitary ...

The Hague Agreement is an international registration system that allows the possibility of obtaining protection for up to 100 industrial designs in designate...

Most of the general public is now familiar with the TM and ® symbols used in trademark talk. The TM symbol is generally used after a word, phrase, or symbol ...

Black Friday may be over but the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) still has deals for trademark applicants and owners. Reduced fees for trad...

In August, the U.S. Copyright Office released a public draft of the third edition of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices. The Compendium is the...

You have an issued patent on your product, now what? Perhaps you are in the works to get your product manufactured and on store shelves. Well here is one ite...

What do you do if your competitor obtains a patent that you think is invalid? Before the America Invents Act (“AIA”) went into effect, you had the option of ...