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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Nov
25
2012
Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Requires a Reason to Modify with a Reasonable Expectation of Success McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
25
2012
No Permanent Injunction if Plaintiff and Defendant Did Not Directly Compete; Ongoing Royalty to Be Applied Instead McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
25
2012
Trademark Infringement Asserted in Complaint by Warmtone Corp. d/b/a WebWire Against Brittany Race for Use of Marks WEBWIRE and GOWEBWIRE Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
25
2012
Knowledge of a Reference’s Materiality Does Not Prove a Deliberate Decision of Non-Disclosure McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
25
2012
Perkinelmer v. Intema – Biomarker Claims Not Patent Eligible Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Nov
24
2012
Home-Field (Venue) Advantage: Being the First-to-File Does Not Always Win the Race Varnum LLP
Nov
24
2012
Federal Circuit Affirms Finding of Obviousness in DNA Patent Application McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
24
2012
The Federal Circuit Finds Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction Exists Only with Immediacy and Reality McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
24
2012
Broad Reading of Executory Contract when Trademark License Obligations Are Unfulfilled McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
24
2012
Counterfeit Merchandise Sales Result in Summary Judgment of Infringement, but Not of “Trademark Counterfeiting”; Middle District of GA Clarifies Statutory Damages Standards Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
23
2012
Domain Names and the First Amendment: The Latest Word Ifrah Law
Nov
23
2012
What's The "Best" Trademark? Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
23
2012
FTC Revises “Green Guides” Mintz
Nov
22
2012
Overhead Door Corporation Distributor Asserts Unfair Competition Claim Against Atlanta-Area Garage Door Company Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
22
2012
U.S. District Court Finds the USPTO is Improperly Calculating Patent Term Adjustment Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Nov
21
2012
Evolutionism vs. Creationism Battle Over Trademark Rights Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Nov
21
2012
Proposed Remedies in the Midst of the Patent Wars: EU and US Antitrust Watchdogs Push to Strengthen FRAND in Standard Setting McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
20
2012
3Form and Meridien Accents Settle Architectural Wall Design Patent Action Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
20
2012
Edwards Lifesciences v. Corevalve – Pig Valve Implants Enabling Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Nov
19
2012
Update: Watson Pharmaceuticals Responds to FTC's Petition for Supreme Court Review of "Pay for Delay" Case; 31 States File Amici Curiae Brief Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
19
2012
Patent Term Adjustment Update - Exelixis v. Kappos Armstrong Teasdale
Nov
18
2012
A Licensee Can Sometimes Bear the Burden of Proof on Non-Infringement McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
17
2012
Recent Disposition of Atlanta Division Cases Covered in Prior Posts Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
17
2012
Prior Art’s Disclosure of Result-Effective Variables that Overlap Claimed Ranges Is Sufficient to Support a Finding of Obviousness McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
16
2012
Mark Rice d/b/a Games to Remember Initiates Three Suits, Asserting Infringement of Funky Monkeys® Trademark Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Nov
16
2012
China, Other Nations Need to Crack Down on Software Piracy Ifrah Law
Nov
16
2012
Bard v. Gore: Joint Inventors or Just One? Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Nov
16
2012
Is “Air Force 1” Dismissal Grounded? Dickinson Wright PLLC
 

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