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AI trademark search

October 30, 2022
AI trademark check

Is your proposed trademark logo infringing or not? The WIPO Artificial Intelligence (AI) trademark search engine can provide helpful insight. Logos (images … Read more

Categories Litigation, Trademarks

Method vs. system claims

January 27, 2023July 11, 2022

Method claims are different from system, device, or apparatus claims. Method claims are easier to get, but system claims are easier to … Read more

Categories IP Strategy, Litigation, Patents

Means plus function claims

July 2, 2022June 28, 2022
Means plus function claims

Means plus function claims, described in 35 USC 112(f), are a tricky area of patent law. Unlike more commonly used “structural” claims, … Read more

Categories IP Strategy, Litigation, Patents

Design patent infringement

February 15, 2021September 27, 2016
Design patent infringement

Design patent infringement isn’t just exact copying. Instead, the test is if an “ordinary observer” will see “substantial similarity.”  Determining if a … Read more

Categories Design Patents, Litigation

Amazon and IP disputes

July 7, 2022June 11, 2019

Amazon.com is enough of an 800-pound-gorilla that its IP policies can impact trademark, copyright, and patent strategy. Amazon is not kind to … Read more

Categories Copyrights, Design Patents, IP Strategy, Litigation, Patents, Trademarks

Preissuance submissions

May 13, 2022
Preissuance submission

Does a competitor’s patent application look sketchy because it doesn’t cite relevant prior art? Consider filing a “preissuance submission.” Have you found … Read more

Categories IP Strategy, Litigation, Patents
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