SCOTUS: Whoever’s on First Denied Cert

The U.S. Supreme Court will not review the copyright infringement lawsuit based on a Broadway play’s use of Abbott and

Copyrighting Collective Works

The Copyright Act defines a “collective work” as an assemblage into a collective whole of a number of individual contributions,

In “passing off,” a seller associates another party’s mark with a good or service. The law of passing off concerns

In the United States, subject to one exception, trademark rights arise from use in commerce, regardless of whether or not

One of the most important aspects of the patent application is the written description requirement. Under the written description requirement,

Under the Patent Act, a patent may be obtained for “any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of

According to the Copyright Act, the authors of a joint work jointly own the copyright in the work they create.

Trade dress is governed by the same set of laws that protect unregistered trademarks. While traditional trademark law protects words

In the United States, subject to one exception, trademark rights arise from use in commerce, regardless of whether or not

The issuance of a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office provides patent protection to an inventor only