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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
This has nothing to do with patents. I suppose it's IP-related in that, with regard to copyright, this is an example of parody and/or fair use. But since the coronavirus…
Trademarks are not a regular part of my practice, but I don’t think there’s a patent practitioner out there who isn’t at least a bit sensitive to trademark issues. US-based…
I think anyone who works in more than one language has stories about “machine generated” translations. One of my favorites is one that appears on restaurant menus in Israel: it’s…
Maybe in the future I'll post something about the basics of protecting trade secrets. Yesterday's Dilbert cartoon gives a good example of how NOT to protect a company's trade secrets…
One of the difficulties with patent examination is that it can take a long time. If, as an applicant, you’re not in rush, that’s fine. But sometimes you don’t want…
On August 6 DNC assigned 31 marks associated with Yosemite National Park to Yosemite Hospitality LLC, which is the subsidiary of Aramark that now runs the concessions at YNP. These…
Filed a payment at the ILPTO on December 21. Just now received the submission confirmation: The USPTO EFS issues these kind of receipts immediately, and has done so since…
Gru: "We stole the Statue of Liberty! … The small one from Las Vegas." USPS: uses an artist's version of the Statue of Liberty – the small one from Las…
Today the USPTO issued patent no. 10,000,000. My brother may speculate why they chose this particular one to be the ten millionth patent. But I'm wondering something else. Here's a…
It's erev Pesah, when Jews increase their carbon footprint by symbolically burning their leavened products (aka hametz), which they're neither allowed to own nor possess (let alone benefit from) during…
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.
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