Intellectual Property News Archives


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Jul 20, 2010

 

New .co Domain Names Now Available

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Jun 23, 2010

 

New Virginia Promotions Statute to Take Effect on July 1, 2010

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Jun 16, 2010

 

Google's Alleged Licensing of Domain Names as Part of its AdSense Program may Subject it to Liability under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

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Jun 03, 2010

 

Ashly Iacullo awarded the David C. Hilliard Award for Outstanding Committee Chair

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May 25, 2010

 

Supreme Court Makes the Call: NFL Not Exempt from Antitrust Law when Licensing Team Trademarks for Merchandise

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May 06, 2010

 

Second Circuit Rules against J.D. Salinger, Finds Presumptions of Irreparable Harm No Longer Applicable for Granting Preliminary Injunctions in Copyright Cases

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Apr 27, 2010

 

Supreme Court to Examine Application of Copyright Law's First Sale Doctrine to Importation of Gray Market Goods

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Apr 13, 2010

 

Pattishall Attorneys Win Summary Judgment for The John W. Carson Foundation, Defeating Application to Register HERE'S JOHNNY as a Trademark for Portable Toilets

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Apr 09, 2010

 

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens to Retire: An Important Contributor to Copyright, Trademark, and First Amendment Law Steps Aside

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Apr 06, 2010

 

D.C. Circuit Rules that FCC Lacks Authority to Enforce Net Neutrality

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Apr 01, 2010

 

Second Circuit Largely Affirms Tiffany v. eBay Judgment that eBay Did Not Infringe or Dilute the TIFFANY Trademark by Using it in Auctions

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Mar 31, 2010

 

Federal Circuit Reverses ITC: Over-Reliance on Verbal Description of Design Patent Claim Unduly Emphasizes Particular Features Instead of Overall Design

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Mar 26, 2010

 

Gripe Site Survives ACPA and Trademark Infringement Claims

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Mar 24, 2010

 

European Court of Justice Rules on Google's AdWords Program

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Mar 12, 2010

 

E-Discovery Guidelines and the Seventh Circuit's Pilot Program

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Mar 09, 2010

 

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Copyright Infringement Claims for Unregistered Works: Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick

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Mar 01, 2010

 

Court Limits Copyright Statutory Damages to Number of Registrations Owned

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Feb 25, 2010

 

Pattishall, McAuliffe's Newest Partner

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Feb 19, 2010

 

Federal Judges' Practice Tips for Young Lawyers

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Feb 17, 2010

 

Pattishall, McAuliffe Ranks 7th...

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Feb 16, 2010

 

Defamatory "Tweet" Complaint Dismissed

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Feb 11, 2010

 

Owners of Copyrights in Foreign Works Must Register Their Works in the U.S. to Seek Statutory Damages and Attorneys' Fees in a Lawsuit - Berne Convention Does Not Supersede Section 412 of the Copyright Act

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Jan 26, 2010

 

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Provides Post-Bose Guidance for Pleading Fraud on the Patent and Trademark Office

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Jan 15, 2010

 

Federal Circuit Overturns Patent and Trademark Office Requirement That Applicant Provide a Picture of a Good Sold Over the Internet as a Specimen Supporting A Trademark Application

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Jan 01, 2010

 

Pattishall, McAuliffe's Newest Partners

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Dec 01, 2009

 

Pattishall recognized in New York's Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts "VLA Pro-Bono Story of the Month"

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Nov 20, 2009

 

Pattishall Client Wins Summary Judgment Defending Against Trademark Infringement Claim

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Nov 16, 2009

 

As a Firm, we are deeply saddened by the loss of our friend and colleague, Mel Silver.

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Nov 06, 2009

 

Online Service Provider's Ownership of User Content Held Not to Eviscerate CDA Immunity

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Oct 30, 2009

 

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Holds that a Formerly Registered Mark is Not Automatically Entitled to Re-Registration

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Oct 23, 2009

 

FDA Announces Intent to Target Nutritional Claims on Food Packaging

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Oct 21, 2009

 

Does the Commercial General Liability Policy Cover Trademark Infringement?

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Oct 14, 2009

 

Defending a New York company and its officers in a trademark infringement action, Phillip Barengolts, J. Michael Monahan, and Scott T. Lonardo successfully transferred the litigation to their clients' home district, resulting in the plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit. More Cupcakes, LLC v. Lovemore LLC, et al., Case No. 09-cv-3555 (N.D. Ill. 2009).

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Oct 09, 2009

 

ICANN Outlines Proposed Trademark Protection Measures in Preparation for the Introduction of New gTLDs in Early 2010.

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Oct 07, 2009

 

FTC Announces Revised Guides on the Use of Endorsement and Testimonials in Advertising

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Sep 29, 2009

 

Pattishall Mediation

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Sep 21, 2009

 

Ninth Circuit Rules That Paris Hilton May Proceed with Her Right of Publicity Claim Despite Hallmark's Free Speech Challenge

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Sep 02, 2009

 

Putting the Intent Back Into Fraud: The Federal Circuit Overturns the TTAB's Should Have Known Standard

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Aug 14, 2009

 

Is That Bag Prada or Prado?: Protecting Fashion Industry Intellectual Property

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Aug 06, 2009

 

Chicago Design Patent Attorney Explains How An Obviousness Challenge Can Trump a Motion for Preliminary Injunction in a Design Patent Case

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Jul 09, 2009

 

Sanjiv Sarwate, Chicago Trademark Attorney, Details Recent Eighth Circuit Decision Denying Preliminary Injunction in Trade Secret Litigation

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Jun 22, 2009

 

MasterCard Prevails in Cybersquatting Dispute

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Jun 17, 2009

 

ICANN's Expansion of the Domain Name Space - A Primer

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Jun 12, 2009

 

New Federal Law Requires Gift Cards And Gift Certificates To "Clearly and Conspicuously" Disclose Fees and Expiration Terms

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Jun 08, 2009

 

Pattishall Partners Author New Essential Books

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Jun 01, 2009

 

Federal Circuit Oral Argument - Bose v. Hexawave: Have the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's Medinol Fraud Cases "Crossed a Very Fundamental Line"?

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May 22, 2009

 

FTC to Study How Consumers See "Green" Marketing

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May 13, 2009

 

Chicago trademark litigation attorney, Belinda Scrimenti, and her Pattishall, McAuliffe colleagues successfully conclude Federal court litigation to protect the Peabody Hotels' Peabody name and famed marching ducks.

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May 12, 2009

 

Chicago trademark lawyer Sanjiv Sarwate explains how trademark applications filed by foreign entities may be void if applicant cannot document its intent to use.

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May 02, 2009

 

Fraud on the Trademark Office in the U.S. and Canada

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May 01, 2009

 

Gift Card Issuers Traverse Shifting Legal Terrain: Recent Developments in Gift Card Litigation and Legislation

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Apr 17, 2009

 

Pattishall McAuliffe Meets with Russian IP Delegation

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Apr 08, 2009

 

Pattishall, McAuliffe was recognized by Managing Intellectual Property as a U.S. top tier firm

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Mar 18, 2009

 

Pattishall, McAuliffe Hosts Client Strategy Meeting

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Mar 13, 2009

 

California Passes Amended Sweepstakes Law

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Feb 23, 2009

 

Pattishall lawyers win victory for American College of Trial Lawyers

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Feb 12, 2009

 

$2 Million Award for Pattishall Client

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Jan 22, 2009

 

Pattishall Attorney Weighs-in On Sasha and Malia Dolls

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Jan 08, 2009

 

Pattishall Client Prevails in Ground-Breaking Domain Name Class Action

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Dec 18, 2008

 

Chicago Trademark Lawyers Comment on New Domain Name Scheme

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Dec 17, 2008

 

Pattishall, McAuliffe Pro Bono Success

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Dec 05, 2008

 

Chicago trademark attorney presents "Your Association is a Brand -- Protect it Like One"

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Oct 30, 2008

 

Pattishall Client Awarded $4.5 Million in Trademark Infringement and Telemarketing Fraud Suit

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Oct 29, 2008

 

ICANN Plans for gTLD Expansion Will Impact Brand Owners

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Oct 13, 2008

 

New Copyright Law Creates Federal Copyright Czar

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Sep 16, 2008

 

Chicago trademark attorney to speak on Trademark Basics

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Sep 08, 2008

 

Brett August will be attending the biennial congress of AIPPI as the U.S. delegate to the Committee on Trademark Harmonization.

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Sep 02, 2008

 

Past, Present and Future: Pattishall Supports the AIPPI

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Aug 25, 2008

 

MASTERCARD Mark Found "one of the most famous in the world"

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Jul 31, 2008

 

FORD declared a "well-known trademark" in India

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Jul 16, 2008

 

Six trademark practitioners--the highest proportion in Chicago--recommended in the 2008 Edition of Who's Who Legal, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers.

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Oct 23, 2007

 

Settled Case Doesn't End National Keyword Debate: Commentary by Joseph N. Welch II

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Oct 01, 2007

 

Supreme Court declines review of decision rejecting the "famous marks" doctrine

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May 25, 2007

 

Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Clarifies Requirements for Proving "Bona Fide Intent to Use" a Mark

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Mar 13, 2007

 

Viacom Sues YouTube Seeking $1 Billion for Copyright Infringement

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