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NFT Trademarks and Licensing
March 2nd, 2022
The non-fungible token (NFT) industry is booming, with a value of more than $40 billion in 2021, according to Bloomberg. As we explained in this blog, An NFT is a type of cryptocurrency asset wherein each item, or token, is unique. It is not easily e…
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Being Careful about Your “Super Bowl” Promotions
February 9th, 2022
The Super Bowl isn’t just a football game – it’s a trademark. Thus, if your business is organizing any events or promotions around the Super Bowl, you need to be careful, or you could find yourself on the receiving end of a cease-and-desist let…
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2021 Year in Review: Trademark Law
February 3rd, 2022
Here are some of the trademark law developments for 2021. Trademark Modernization Act One of the most significant changes was the roll-out of the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA): This rule establishes ex parte expungement and reexamination proceedi…
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Countries Fight over Champagne and Rice
August 6th, 2021
People usually think about a trademark as something a company owns. But a similar kind of intellectual property right can also be “owned” (in a sense) by a country or geographical region. A trademark, as the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)…
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Legal Implications of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT)
April 5th, 2021
We recently covered NFTs here, but due to the heightened interest regarding this topic, here’s a deeper dive into Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that have taken the blockchain industry by storm. An NFT is a type of cryptocurrency asset wherein each ite…
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Court Protects Cake Frosting as “Trade Dress”
April 1st, 2021
A federal court in Denbra IP Holdings, LLC d/b/a Nothing Bundt Cakes v. Kerri Thornton d.b.a. All About Bundt Cakes granted a cake company’s motion for a preliminary injunction, finding that a rival cake company’s frosting patterns violated the f…
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Are Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT) Intellectual Property?
March 22nd, 2021
What’s a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) and is it a form of intellectual property (IP)? First, some background on NFTs. As the New York Times explains, An NFT is an asset verified using blockchain technology, in which a network of computers records trans…
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Protecting Common Words or Phrases as Trademarks
March 8th, 2021
Many people seem to think that they can get “first dibs” on a common word or phrase by filing a trademark – and then sell the mark for a lot of money. But it’s a lot more complicated than that. First of all, it’s perfectly OK to use a commo…
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Recent Patent Developments in the Autonomous Vehicle Market
November 20th, 2020
Large companies around the world continue to file patents for autonomous vehicles (AVs). AVs can improve road safety while lowering the environmental footprint of vehicles. Among those recently issued, some interesting ones are Apple’s Project Tita…
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Understanding the AI Patent Landscape
November 11th, 2020
The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently issued a report on the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the world in general and on the patent system specifically. The USPTO even used AI to compile its report. It used a machine…
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