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Observations on patents and other IP from a dual-licensed practitioner
I wrote last year about the decision by Ben & Jerry’s not to renew its license agreement with Avi Zinger’s company, American Quality Products, when that license expires at the…
This post isn't really patent or even IP related. Last year I wrote about how Ben & Jerry's announced it wouldn't renew its Israeli licensee's contract because the latter refused…
If you’re up on current events in the USA, skip to the next paragraph. If you don’t follow cultural and political developments in the USA, then you’re unaware that the…
It’s safe to assume that by now most readers of this blog have heard that ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry’s will cease selling in Judea and Samaria in 2022. …
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…
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…
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…
Earlier today, the US National Parks Service announced that it had settled a suit brought by the previous concessionaire at Yosemite National Park, Delaware North (DNC). Although the announcement didn't…
[Update, March 5: on February 26, the Department of the Interior filed a consolidated cancellation action against 7 DNC marks.] A few years ago I wrote a blog post in…
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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