The United States Patent and Trademark Office is closed today, June 18, 2021, for the first federal holiday of Juneteenth National Independence Day. Federal employees have the day off. The electronic filing systems remain open for business for all those…
Note: This blog has always been about informing the non-lawyer about legal issues ranging from very basic (see yesterday’s post) to more complex. Sometimes, though, I find myself wondering about things in a more than merely practical way. So in…
It is a bit late notice, but tomorrow I will be speaking at the Arizona State Library at noon. The topic will be patent basics, and the audience will be entrepreneurs, business service providers, and librarians. More information is in…
The Supreme Court denied a petition for writ of certiorari in a patent case and then asked the attorney why he shouldn’t be sanctioned for his poorly-written brief.
A few weeks ago, I argued that the term “trademark bully” should be carefully applied and not overused. The tendency is to inflate every act of trademark patrolling as bullying. Of course, the term didn’t arise without reason – there…
my presentation at the Art Institute of Phoenix on May 29, 2012.