Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual property applies to many different areas of the legal world. Applying for patents for work-products, by individual employees, trademark laws, copyrights, and how companies leverage their IP asset-rights over employees, are just a few of the many areas the National Law Review covers as it pertains to IP.

Intellectual Property Litigation

Intellectual Property disputes are a complex area of law, often involving deep dives into complex concepts to understand the issues at play. In the United States, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO/PTO) is the agency involved in registering patents and trademarks.   As part of the USPTO, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board settles patent disputes, using a variety of mechanisms to settle issues related to intellectual property.    Some of the mechanisms include inter partes review, post-grant procedures, and covered business method patent reviews.  Issues related to the America Invents Act are also settled through the PTAB. The National Law Review covers changes to standards held by the USPTO in litigation and other patent issues.  The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board settles disputes related to trademarks, such as an ex parte appeal from the denial of an application for registration by an examining attorney, and an inter partes opposition, cancellation, concurrent use, or interference proceeding.  Other agencies involved in patent disputes are the International Trade Commission (ITC) or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).  The National Law Review covers patent news as it relates to Supreme Court (SCOTUS) and federal circuit courts’ appeals, as well as general patent litigation and new patent filings.

Intellectual Property in Drug Patents

Legal analysis related to drug patents and pharmaceuticals and the interplay with intellectual property issues are also covered by the National Law Review.   Drug patents, biosimilars, generic top-level domain registration (gTLD), trade secrets, non-compete clauses, and other patent application news are updated on the site regularly. Additionally, tangential issues that impact pharmaceutical companies, such as innovator liability and related litigation, are also analyzed by the legal experts who write for the National Law Review. 

Intellectual Property in an Employment Context

The National Law Review has legal analysis on the intersection between intellectual property rights and employment, and who owns ideas, the Work Made For Hire principle as well resulting litigation. Additionally, legislation such as the Defense of Trade Secrets Act and its impact on workplaces, and ongoing litigation related to the legislation is also covered.

International Intellectual Property

Visitors to the site will oftentimes read about international news as it relates to patent applications in the US, and internationally as well. Pharmaceutical patents in Brazil, medical device patent applications from the United Kingdom, or litigation from the European Union, China, India, and other international sectors, are often covered online. Visitors will find the latest coverage, news, and insights on patent applications and litigation, when visiting the National Law Review, for up-to-date practice-area news.

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Recent Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark & Copyright News

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Custom text Organization
Nov
2
2023
Energy & Sustainability IP Updates — November 2023 Mintz
Nov
2
2023
U.S. Supreme Court Alert: If You Copy an Unpatented Furniture Design, Does That Help Prove That the Design Was Iconic and Protected as a Trademark? Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
2
2023
Hangzhou Issues “Implementation Rules of Hangzhou Municipal Intellectual Property Special Fund Allocation Factors” To Subsidize Foreign IP Litigation Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Nov
1
2023
What’s in a Name? Too Much to Trademark According to the USPTO Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Oct
30
2023
AI-Based Patent Applications: Recent History and the Future Mintz
Oct
30
2023
Solefully Designed: Insurance Coverage in the Sneaker Industry Hunton Andrews Kurth
Oct
27
2023
4.5-Year Prison Sentence in Shanghai for Counterfeiting of Anchor Butter Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Oct
27
2023
IMS Expert Insights: The Complex Litigation Landscape of Contemporary AI IMS Legal Strategies
Oct
27
2023
Privacy Tip #377 – China’s Threat to US: Watch 60 Minutes with the Five Eyes Robinson & Cole LLP
Oct
26
2023
No Money, Mo’ Problems: Speculative Damages Award Cannot Stand McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
26
2023
Some Touch Up Needed: The Federal Circuit Partially Confirms the PTAB’s View of Analogous Art Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Oct
26
2023
Downloaded: No Relief From Stipulated Claim Construction McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
26
2023
Here’s a Great Concept: Fraud After Registration Is Not a Basis for Cancellation McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
26
2023
Big Law Redefined: Episode 9 | Beware, New Beauty Brands! Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
26
2023
Go With the Flow: “A” Still Means “One or More” McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
25
2023
Navigating the AI Frontier: Legal and Operational Insights Into Generative AI Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
25
2023
Trade Secret Law Evolution Podcast Episode 58: How the FBI Foiled a Conspiracy to Steal Agricultural Trade Secrets [Podcast] Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
24
2023
Time Is Running Out for the EPO’s 10-Day Rule Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
24
2023
Private Space Activity and the Advantages of U.S. Patents for Protecting Space Inventions Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
24
2023
In Re: Cellect, LLC No. 2022-1293 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2023) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
24
2023
Sisvel International S.A. v. Sierra Wireless, Inc., No. 2022-1387, 2022-1492 (Fed. Cir. Sept 1, 2023) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
23
2023
Safeguarding AI Innovation in Stem Cell Therapy Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
20
2023
Cancellation of a Registered Mark Based on Fraud in Section 15 Affidavit Not Allowed Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Oct
20
2023
China’s Quantity to Quality Shift in Patents Continues Trend in 2023 Q3 Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Oct
20
2023
Prosecution Laches—Another Arrow In The Quiver For Challenging Patents Foley & Lardner LLP
Oct
19
2023
Decoding Algorithms: Structural Sufficiency for Means-Plus-Function Claim Judged From Skilled Artisan’s Perspective McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
19
2023
Help Wanted: Site Owner Brings New Scraping Suits Focused on Job Posting and Employment Data Proskauer Rose LLP
Oct
19
2023
New York Widens its Employee Intellectual Property Protections Mintz
 

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