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We are pleased to announce that Bill Borchard has produced the 2023 edition of his popular publication A Trademark is Not a Copyright or a Patent. This is its 49th year.

We are pleased to announce that Bill Borchard has produced the 2024 edition of his popular publication A Trademark is Not a Copyright or a Patent.

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman mourns the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Justice O'Connor was the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and served on the Court for nearly a quarter of a century.

Ruth Graves Wakefield was not trained as a lawyer or an intellectual property strategist, yet her professional career offers a remarkably sophisticated lesson in IP decision‑making.

Delaware House Bill No 40, enacted February 2, 2025, requires corporations, LLCs, and others who are doing business under trade names previously registered as a d/b/a in one or more Delaware counties...

On December 26, 2024 (just days after December 23rd when a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals had reinstated the application of the beneficial reporting requirements...

In October 2023, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)--an international organization that recommends and maintains web-related protocols, guidelines, and standards--adopted...

On February 19, 2024, the Fifth Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a copyright infringement suit in the Western District of Texas, in which the plaintiff alleged...

We previously reported that on January 1, 2024, new federal rules promulgated pursuant to the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act ("CTA") became effective, governing the disclosure of beneficial ownership information ("BOI").

Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) inventors, artists, and entrepreneurs have long been at the forefront of innovation. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted numerous patents and trademarks...

On March 19, 2025, the District Court for the Central District of California granted Mariah Carey's motion for summary judgment dismissing a copyright infringement claim brought against her...

All U.S. patents have been printed on paper since the first U.S. patent issued on July 31, 1790. That patent, signed by President George Washington, covered a process...

This new reduced timeline applies only to Office Actions issued on or after December 3, 2022.

In Allen v. Cooper, No. 18-877, 589 U.S. ____ (2020), the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990, known as CRCA...

You're checking your mail and discover an official-looking notice from a "domain registration" company, notifying you that your domain name is about to expire.

In celebration of Pride Month 2024, we recognize successful drag performers who slay on the runway while protecting their drag identities as registered trademarks.

In a recent decision, the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's finding, as a matter of law and notwithstanding the jury's verdict, that a defendant's copyright infringement was not willful,...