This is the second part of series of posts in which I look at Office Actions that were issued for set of trademark applications for three trademark that were filed by well-known individuals or organizations last year. The subject of this post is a trademark for the term “The,” which was filed by The Ohio State University.

I decided to look at Office Actions that were issued for set of trademark applications for three trademark that were filed by well-known individuals or organizations last year.

The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision entitled “Peter v. Nantkwest, Inc.,” held that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) cannot recover an award for attorney’s fees at the end of certain types of patent appeals on Dec. 11, 2019.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit”) issued an important ruling regarding the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “PTAB”) in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. October 30, 2019). Specifically, the Federal Circuit held that the appointment process for administrative law judges violates the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.

America is involved in a trade war and will suffer losses, as will every nation on the planet. But it is worth examining what can be done to minimize problems.

Two years ago, the Supreme Court issued an important trademark decision that concerned the intersection of the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment to The Constitution and the “disparagement clause” within the Lanham Act.

It is well known that the U.S. federal government’s Executive Branch administers the U.S. patent system and that it provides relief to aggrieved patent owners through its courts.

The Supreme Court settled a longstanding issue in trademark/bankruptcy law earlier this year.

The Supreme Court issued two decisions that specifically addressed copyright law on March 4, 2019.

Now that my series on intellectual-property (IP) damages is complete, I would like to discuss the latest Supreme Court IP decisions. The Supreme Court issued two decisions that specifically addressed copyright law on March 4, 2019. This blog will discuss the decision relating to copyright registration requirements.