Patent / Trademark Law News

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After Drew Curtis saw his website Fark.com gather a large, international following he found himself embroiled in a curious lawsuit alongside other Internet giants like Yahoo.

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office approved the trademark ''Boston Private Jewelers'' on March 4 for registrant Todd Bello of Needham, Massachusetts on March 4 with the registration number 4490776.

Spoof of the famous Pulp Fiction movie poster starring Uma Thurman, but PepsiCo's paper bottle filing is 'pulp fact'! PepsiCo recently filed a patent describing a method for making beverage bottles from paper fibers, although it does not reveal which beverage applications might suit the package.

Uncle Sam wants a few good innovators -- again. The White House has launched the third round of its Presidential Innovation Fellows program, which pairs tech-savvy entrepreneurs from the private sector with top government officials to tackle selected challenges facing the administration.

Multiple tipsters have alerted me to the fact that Major League Soccer has recently taken over the trademark applications for the names and logos of Los Angeles SC and Los Angeles F.C., confirmed by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Database .

8,658,627 entitled, Pregnancy Hormone Combination for Treatment of Autoimmune Diseases , to the Regents of the , in conjunction with a gestagen for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases.

Voip-Pal.com Inc. is pleased to announce that the US Patent and Trademark Office has allowed a sixth patent application "Allocating Charges for Communications Services," Application No.

Sequenom, Inc . The SDIPLA's position in its brief is not surprising ; what is surprising is that only two amici have shared their views with the Federal Circuit.

Organized innovation is the key to bringing the U.S. ecosystem together of universities, businesses and government, according to guest columnists Steven C. Currall and Ed Frauenheim.

In October, the EPO issued a preliminary opinion that questioned the validity of this patent, and this led the Higher Regional Court Karlsruhe to order the discontinuation of the prior court ruling that prohibited .

Personal Audio LLC says that podcasters everywhere need to pay royalties on an idea it generated from its failed "Magazines on Tape" business.

The flyer claims the schedules will be distributed to local banks, grocery stores and sports bars.

Bio-based additive manufacturer Reactive Surfaces has filed a lawsuit in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Texas involving patent law and automaker Toyota.

In this International Labour Office complaint , Miranda Brown, a former employee of the World Intellectual Property Agency, alleges that WIPO Director General Francis Gurry illegally collected DNA samples from WIPO staffers in order to out a whistleblower.

The U.S. Court of Appeal for the Ninth Circuit has ruled that Section 37 of the Lanham Act does not provide an independent cause of action for cancellation of a trademark registration.

The White House is recruiting a third round of non-government technologists to tackle thorny government problems on a short term basis, according to a notice posted on Thursday .

Ensysce Biosciences Inc. announced today that the U.S. Patent Office has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent Application No.

Recent report suggested the next MacBook Air will feature pressure sensitive touch buttons and trackpad, including a two-sided display.

Most startups aren't so special, I recently wrote , because every startup needs customers to survive.