Copyright and Fair Use

The United States Copyright law represents a bargain between creators and the public. Congress granted certain exclusive rights to creators

Patents with Distinctive Claims

When filing a patent, a patent application must include one or more claims which particularly point out and distinctly claim

Contrary to popular myth, a registered trade name is NOT a registered trademark. This is often an area of confusion

No Copyright Protection for Slogans The United States Copyright office regulations do not allow for copyright registration of “short phrases”

Continuing with this month’s theory of improper use, under trademark law, one can improperly use a trademark or service mark

A patent gives an inventor a right to exclude others from making, using, or selling the patented invention for a

The hallmark of Trademark law is consumer confusion. The law protects the use of a mark in business from other

The owner of a copyright has several exclusive rights to the copyrighted work, including the exclusive right to prepare derivative

What is Trademark Infringement? Trademark infringement occurs when a party uses a trademark that is identical or confusingly similar to

A trademark is occasionally varied by the public in both speech and written usage to an abbreviation of or a