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

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

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

Patent claim interpretation is the process of giving proper meaning to the claim language. Claim language defines claim scope. Therefore,

A patent is a federal statutory right that allows an inventor to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for