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When AI Assists Invention – What Can You Patent?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is affecting all facets of modern life. Just like your business, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) also grapples with the boundaries of intellectual property (IP) protection and using AI. An important question is what… Read more

February 16, 2024 | Intellectual Property

Think Patents Don’t Have Teeth? Think Again

By Nathan A. Evans, Timothy J. Bechen

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) recently ruled that select Apple watch models infringed on blood oxygen monitoring patents owned by biotech firm Masimo Corporation. As a result, the ITC instituted a ban on importation of Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra… Read more

January 26, 2024 | Intellectual Property

Importance of Jack Daniel’s When Picking a Trademark

By Timothy J. Bechen, Fourd Kemper

Branding, including acquiring and protecting your trademarks, is essential to growing your business and protecting against other companies getting a free-ride on your reputation and goodwill. In 2007, Louis Vuitton sought to stop the sale of dog toys named “Chewy… Read more

July 12, 2023 | Intellectual Property

The Legal Ramifications of Inventorship: What You Need To Know

By Timothy J. Bechen, Nathan A. Evans

There is the old adage in business: to go fast, go alone; and to go far, go together. When this applies to innovation and naming co-inventors in your patent application, it is important to understand the legal ramification of inventorship.… Read more

May 30, 2023 | Intellectual Property

WRVB Patent Attorney Nathan Evans Quoted on Intellectual Property Protection in the Wall Street Journal

In an online article published in the Wall Street Journal on May 9, 2023 (May 11, 2023 print edition), WRVB Intellectual Property Practice Group Leader and Principal Nathan Evans offers insight on when entrepreneurs should pursue patent or other IP… Read more

May 10, 2023 | Intellectual Property

College Product Licensing in Danger?

By Joshua F.P. Long, Timothy J. Bechen

Product licensing at the academic level is a great source of revenue for colleges and universities. A recent trademark case could have real world implications on its continued viability. PSU’s Trademark Infringement Lawsuit In Pennsylvania State University v. Vintage Brand, LLC,… Read more

February 1, 2023 | Intellectual Property

USPTO Registers the Word “THE” as a Trademark for Ohio State

By Jane D. Tucker

The trademark THE has just been registered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) to The Ohio State University (“OSU”) for t-shirts, ballcaps, and hats. Yikes! What does this mean for others wanting to use the word “The”?… Read more

July 5, 2022 | Intellectual Property

The New Copyright Claims Board

By Jane D. Tucker

Copyright infringement cases are costly and time-consuming, but there is now an alternative for smaller claims – a new small claims tribunal for copyright matters involving less than $30,000. In December 2020, Congress passed the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement… Read more

January 14, 2022 | Intellectual Property

The Trademark Modernization Act — Greater Protections for Trademark Owners

By Jane D. Tucker

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA“), signed into law on December 27, 2020, provides trademark owners with additional tools to challenge registered marks that are no longer in use or have never been used on the goods or services… Read more

May 20, 2021 | Intellectual Property

Supreme Court Sides with Google in Copyright Case

By Nathan A. Evans

The Supreme Court’s ruling in Google v. Oracle has the potential to expand software developers’ freedom to build on existing products, while also limiting software copyright protections. On Monday, April 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a lower-court… Read more

April 6, 2021 | Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property

When AI Assists Invention – What Can You Patent?

Think Patents Don’t Have Teeth? Think Again

Importance of Jack Daniel’s When Picking a Trademark

The Legal Ramifications of Inventorship: What You Need To Know

WRVB Patent Attorney Nathan Evans Quoted on Intellectual Property Protection in the Wall Street Journal

College Product Licensing in Danger?

USPTO Registers the Word “THE” as a Trademark for Ohio State

The New Copyright Claims Board

The Trademark Modernization Act — Greater Protections for Trademark Owners

Supreme Court Sides with Google in Copyright Case

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