Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
Since May 30, the Dilbert comic strip has been running a thread about the Dilbert's employer transitioning to a big pharma company. Patents have thus far been spared Scott Adams'…
The Babylon Bee is a Christian online publication that publishes satire on a wide variety of topics. In response to yesterday's confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to SCOTUS, it ran…
Those of us old enough to remember Bill Cosby before he fell from grace will recall his famous bit about Noah. It actually appeared on an LP as three separate…
According to Forbes, KFC (the company that us old guys still refer to as "Kentucky Fried Chicken", just like we still talk about the Sears Tower) posted this video yesterday…
We refer to patents, trademarks and copyrights as "intellectual property" in part because they have attributes of what we normally think of as tangible property. Just as ownership of…
Not really. But the ILPTO's emailing today of a link to the recent announcement that Trinidad & Tobago has joined the Madrid Protocol reminded me of this classic Bill Murray…
An applicant who is entitled to file a PCT application may file using his "home" patent office as the PCT Receiving Office (RO), or, if local law allows filing outside…
After years of lacking an official internet presence, Gary Larson recently relented and starting posting his old Far Side cartoons on a daily basis. Several of these have an IP…
There's a patent agent firm in Israel that used to require its employees – including professional staff – to wear RF ID badges. Maybe it still does. Today's Dilbert cartoon…
Fans of Monty Python will recognize the title of this post as referring to one of the troupe’s classic and most beloved sketches, in which an overzealous policeman accosts the…
I’m Dan Feigelson. I’ve been practicing patent law for over 30 years. I’m also opinionated, as you may discover in reading my writings here.