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Buy Zithromax (Azithromycin) Without Prescription 23 Oct 2012 | 09:54 pm
There seem to be only two types of stories about trademarks that the media picks up: 1) Trademarks filed by celebrities and 2) Stories about a big company picking on a small business for supposed simi...
What if I Miss the Deadline For a U.S. Design Patent Application? 4 Apr 2012 | 09:11 am
As noted in this post, U.S. design patents usually need to be filed within 6 months of a foreign priority application. This is because many foreign design registration systems grant design registratio...
Should I Trademark My Business Name or My Logo? 1 Sep 2011 | 02:18 am
Trademarks protect branding- things like your business name and your logo that you put on your products so that your customers know they are not knock-offs or imitations. For a really big business, a ...
How Can I Correct the Inventors Listed on a Provisional Patent Application? 30 Jun 2011 | 07:54 am
Listing the correct inventors on your patent application is important. Having an incorrect listing can result in invalidity or unenforceability of your patent, loss of ownership rights, and other seri...
Should I File a Provisional or Nonprovisional Patent Application? 31 May 2011 | 01:55 pm
Perhaps the question that I address most frequently with my clients is whether to file a provisional or nonprovisional patent application. A nonprovisional application is an ordinary patent applicati...
How Can I Accelerate My Trademark Application? 29 Apr 2011 | 05:58 am
A typical trademark application takes about 7 months from filing to the issuing of a registration certificate (as of 2011) if the application does not run into any problems. An application with any is...
Review: Thesaurus of Claim Construction 29 Apr 2011 | 05:57 am
Thesaurus of Claim Construction, by Robert C. Kahrl and Stuart B. Soffer, 2011 Oxford University Press, is an outstanding reference tool for patent practitioners. The publisher was kind enough to send...
How Can I Ensure A Competitor’s Trademark Application is Denied? 17 Mar 2011 | 03:48 pm
In many instances, you may want a competitor or potential competitor’s application for a trademark registration to be refused by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). However, tradema...
Recording a Trademark Assignment or License in the United States 18 Dec 2010 | 08:14 am
Any change in the ownership of a registered trademark should be recorded with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Ownership frequently changes due to corporate restructuring (e.g., ...
Book Review: International Copyright Principles, Law, and Practice 8 Dec 2010 | 08:38 am
Oxford University Press was kind enough to send me a copy of this book recently (International Copyright: Principles, Law, and Practice, by Paul Goldstein and Bernt Hugenboltz). My copyright practice ...
