Publications
The Primer on Patent Law Every Business Person Should Read
July 28, 2017
Patents, their uses, and their purposes, are often misunderstood. These misunderstandings arise from all sorts of places, from Shark Tank® episodes to the movie Flubber®. For most people, misunderstandings about patents are not problematic. For entrepreneurs, business owners, or other decision-makers, these misunderstandings can hamstring a start-up or expose a business to dangerous liabilities. To […]
A Bitter Pill to Swallow? Foreign Drug Makers (and Other Foreign Brand Owners) Can Seek Cancellation of U.S. Marks Under the Lanham Act.
July 14, 2017
In a recent development testing the impact of globalism on U.S. trademark law, the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this year declined to review a ruling by the Fourth Circuit that Bayer AG, the German drug maker, had standing under the Lanham Act to sue for injury to its foreign brand, despite never having used or registered […]
Patent Markings Important in Determining Damages
July 7, 2017
Legal notice provided by patent markings may play a major role in patent infringement cases, as it may be a primary factor in calculating damages (e.g., how much money and/or other forms of compensation are to be awarded) when a court decides that patent infringement has occurred. Legal notice can be either “actual notice” or […]