By Matthew J. Booth As I was thinking about celebrating Texas Independence Day (March 2), I saw a story about Trademarks and Texas Wines that caught my eye. This case was a Concurrent Use proceeding at the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board for the concurrent use of a trademark between a Texas …
When can you sue for copyright infringement?
By Matthew J. Booth Yet again, we have the dreaded, “it depends,” answer. In this case, it depends on where you can bring the lawsuit because there have been different decisions in various Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal about the proper timing of filing a copyright infringement lawsuit. Let’s …
Long lost tales of Merlin and King Arthur recently discovered
By Matthew J. Booth The King Arthur stories are some of my all-time favorites so I thought I would share this story. And by the way, the copyrights for these books are most definitely in the public domain. Link to Livescience article …
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Drumroll…..the Supreme Court said an emphatic No! The American Invents Act (AIA) did not change the Patent On-Sale Bar
By Matthew J. Booth A couple of weeks ago I wrote about whether the America Invents Act (AIA) changed the Patent On-Sale bar. The US Supreme Court answered this question in a short, unanimous opinion by Justice Thomas, with the answer being, no, the AIA did not change the Patent On-Sale …
USPTO issues new Examiner Guidance for Subject-Matter eligibility for software patents
By Matthew J. Booth The US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published an updated Examiner Guidance that applies to the examination of software patent applications (See 2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance, 84 Fed. Reg. 50). The hope is that these new Guidelines …
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