Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual Property Litigation – Part I: Defending Creations of the Mind
Do you know your legal rights in Intellectual Property (IP) disputes? Trademarks, copyrights and patents all differ. A copyright protects an original artistic or literary work. A patent protects an invention. A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source [...]
Apple’s Intellectual Property Problem
This week, Apple faces off against Nokia before the International Trade Commission, marking the first in a long list of Apple’s gripes about intellectual property violations. In this litigation, both Apple and Nokia, the world’s largest mobile-phone producer, allege intellectual property violations surrounding smartphones, including Apple’s immensely popular iPhone. Nokia argues that Apple entered the [...]
RedBull Hit With Intellectual Property Lawsuit
Due to a pending Intellectual Property lawsuit, Red Bull was forced to cancel its latest stunt-oriented marketing event; a man jumping 23 miles above the earth’s surface to break the speed of sound. The Intellectual Property suit filed by Daniel Hogan
The Importance of Intellectual Property Law
Famous inventors who have led the way in developing some of the world’s most ground-breaking inventions and amazing explorations all have something in common—they received credit for their inventions, concepts or ideas. Invention is born from a creative process that involves thinking with the imagination and envisioning what is possible beyond the realms of what [...]
Business Method Patent Law Case Before Supreme Court
By Minara El-Rahman There is a patent law case that may change the way small businesses protect their business methods. According to Inc.com, a recent case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States, Bilski v. Doll, may alter the extent to which small and large businesses are able to patent business methods. The case directly [...]
WIPO Director General Highlights Importance of Intellectual Property for Innovation and Technology Transfer
Geneva, May 10, 2010 PR/2010/640 The critical role of intellectual property as a tool for enabling innovation, the practical transfer of technology and industrial competitiveness were the focus of the remarks of WIPO Director General Francis Gurry to a key meeting of member states of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in Vienna today. [...]
