Head, Johnson & Kachigian, P.C. is honored to have been named as one of the Go-To Law Firms at the Top 500 Companies for both 2012 and...

UPDATE November 14, 2012: Congratulations to The Galley Sink for winning the TCC StartUp Cup! Posted November 8, 2012: Head, Johnson &...

Last week, Hurricane Sandy brought destruction and disruption to large parts of the Caribbean, eastern United States, and eastern Canada....

Loubiton is to Red as Cadbury is to _________ A. Blue B. Red C. Purple D. none of the above If you guessed C. Purple, you are correct!...

The Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) received a new name on September 16, 2012. The BPAI is now known as the Patent Trial...

Last month, we discussed the trademark lawsuit by Christian Louboutin (“Louboutin”) against Yves Saint Laurent (“YSL”). You can read our...

The size of an entity can mean a lot! It can mean the difference between staying afloat to grow stronger or succumbing to the pressures...

On July 13, 2012, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) opened a regional office in Detroit, Michigan. This is the first regional...

I was once asked, “Why do you have so many pairs of shoes when you can only wear one pair at a time?” I admit, I do own more shoes than I...

Sports can have an amazing impact. They can unite schools, cities, states, and nations. Sports not only impact the players and fans, but...

A Copyright is defined to be an “intangible, incorporeal right granted by statute to the author or originator of certain literary or...

Everyone knows the age-old saying, “You get what you pay for.” Yet, we constantly try to trick ourselves into defying this adage and...

You have proven that your patent idea is both useful and novel, but now you must overcome the third obstacle to patentability,...

Summer is here and parents everywhere are searching for things for their children to do over the summer break. If you search the internet...

In order to appreciate U.S. patents, it is important to first understand the history of patent law. There are claims that patent law was...

Intellectual Property Today, a monthly magazine directed toward issues in intellectual property law, recently conducted a survey of the...

The United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision on March 20, 2012 in the case Mayo Collaborative Services, dba Mayo Medical...

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty among 144 contracting states. The world’s major corporations,...

We have all heard the old saying, “necessity is the mother of invention.” But what happens when things go wrong? Sometimes, an invention...

The other day I was on the internet using the Google search engine trying to locate eye doctors in my area. I began my search with “eye...