In this age of web-based product marketing and sales, the Federal Circuit provides a reminder that a web page may not suffice as an acceptable specimen to establish use of a trademark with a product.

In order to constitute a valid trademark, and to register the trademark, the mark must be used on or with…

IBM remains No.1 for most issued patents during 2018, and Ford cracks the top ten.

It seems to me that if there is a true national crisis, then we don’t need to think about it, we don’t need to debate it, we don’t need to schedule a TV announcement in the future, and we don’t need to pontificate. If there is a true national crisis, such as the attack on…

The shut down, or slow down, of various U.S. government offices caused by the budget impasse is doing more than merely inconveniencing visitors to the national parks. The lack of a budget is hampering business and consumers as to their branding, knowledge and creative endeavors. Here are some examples:

• Federal law requires that all

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Copyrights last a long time, but they do eventually expire. This is now the case with works first published in the U.S. in 1923, and previous.

The term of copyright can be confounding since there have been so many modifications to the term over the years. For this purpose, it is useful to consult a…

Lest we forget. 

May 29, 1917 — November 22, 1963

Ordinarily, an employment case does not contain aspects of IP law. But in a very broad sense, some employers view their employees as a form of IP. That is, the employer expends resources to train the employee and the employee acquires valuable business knowledge through on-the-job experience. The employee develops connections with customers and gains…