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Judge David S. Tatel was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 1994. Since then, he has dutifully served his country from the bench, never allowing his disability to slow his progress.

"Licensee Estoppel" is a judge-made doctrine based on the idea that a licensee should not be able to attack the licensor's rights while benefitting from the license. But the doctrine has not been applied to all IP licenses even when a contract clause prohibits a licensee challenge.

Effective as of June 27, 2023, the Integrity, Notification, and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces for Consumers Act ("INFORM Consumers Act") imposes new federal requirements aimed...

A ruling from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has opened the door for a website owner to successfully defend a lawsuit claiming that a website does not comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act ...

Affairs of the heart can sometimes seem inconstant. The same can be true of affairs of the law. A case-in-point concerns huggable teddy bears.

About nine years ago, we posted a blog about "How a company name can be a trademark." Now, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB)...

A trademark combining two words may evoke its own unique commercial impression—separate from the meanings of its component words--and be inherently registrable as a unitary term.

The Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority, which dates back to 1898 and is popularly known as ZTA, was refused registration of ZTA for jewelry (claiming use since at least 1915) and ...

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has published inventorship guidelines (USPTO Guidelines) for patenting inventions made with the assistance...

Diesel Power Gear, LLC applied to register a bearded skull design as a trademark for items of apparel.

If you select a trademark dominated by a word or number already in use or registered by several others for identical or related goods or services, your inclusion of some other distinctive feature may be sufficient...

We are pleased to inform you that the 2023 edition of CLL's Copyright Review is now available. You can access it here.

A federal court in Minnesota denied a sculpture park's motion to dismiss a Visual Artists Rights Act claim, finding factual disputes over whether a monumental 53-foot sculpture was a work-for-hire and whether it possessed recognized stature when destroyed. The case will proceed to trial to determine if VARA protections apply to the artwork's removal and destruction.

Is it a permissible expression of love and faith to hand out to classmates in a school or on a college campus homemade Valentine's Day cards having short biblical messages directed to the individuals who accept them?

E.B. White writes repeatedly about the public's need for access to a full range of opinion, and he would doubtless I dismayed by the demonization

In 2015, Apple Inc. applied to register APPLE MUSIC as a mark for a long list of services including "live musical performances." Charles Bertini, a professional jazz musician, opposed that application...

Tempnology, LLC manufactured clothing and accessories designed to stay cool when used in exercise.