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...

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), H.R. 3261, is a bill introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives on October 26, 2011 by...

Everyone who is involved in any substantive way in the preparation or prosecution of an application for a patent before the United States...

With the holidays approaching, you cannot go far without hearing the familiar sounds of Christmas in the stores, in the car, and at...

When it comes to the battle of the physical aging process, procuring a cup of youth-promising Ambrosia from Hebe, the Greek Goddess of...

If you are a multimedia developer, a software developer, a publisher, or a business owner who hires employees or utilizes third parties...

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama on September 16, 2011 following passage with...

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) has announced the addition of new generic top-level internet domains...

Trademarks are important assets of a business. Trademarks are governed by both state and federal law. Originally, state common law...

Who would have thought that Thomas Edison, Eli Whitney, and Alexander Graham Bell would be on the same list as Eddie Van Halen and Marlon...

Have you recently received an email claiming that someone is trying to register a domain name incorporating your trademark in Asia? If...

It is important to accurately determine the inventor or inventors of an invention set forth in an application for a United States Patent....

Copyright infringement is a serious issue and not even the glitz and glamour of Hollywood can escape the seriousness of this matter. On...

As discussed in previous blog entries, "Here We Go Again: Patent Reform Act of 2011" posted February 28, 2011 and "The USPTO Announces...

On April 25, 2011, the United States Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (Vol. 76, No. 79 22854)...