Legal Articles: Trademark, Patent, Industrial Design, Copyright, IPR in USA
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Legal notes to copyright registration in USA
May
Copyright registration in USA. The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. The United States is a highly developed country, accounts for approximately a quarter of global GDP, and is the world’s largest economy by GDP […]
Amendments in USPTO Trademark Procedures to Take Effect on December 3, 2022
Nov
Beginning on December 3, trademark applicants will have three months (with a possible three-month extension) to reply to office actions made during the examination of trademark applications at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) as part of the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020. A similar amendment will be implemented for post-registration office actions […]
Legal notes to patent registration in the United States
Patent registration in the United States. The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. The United States is a highly developed country, accounts for approximately a quarter of global GDP, and is the world’s largest economy […]
The USPTO and WIPO have decided to collaborate on attempts to resolve disputes involving standard essential patents
Aug
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have decided to collaborate in order to make it more straightforward to resolve disputes involving standard essential patents. Patents that have been designated as being necessary to a certain technological standard are known as standard essential patents or SEPs. Patent […]
The United States Trade Representative published Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection with a section on new Chinese IP Laws
Jul
The US Trade Representative’s Office (“USTR”) published the 2022 Special 301 Report on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement on April 27. This year’s report is unique in that it includes a section dedicated to new Chinese intellectual property legislation and the USTR’s assessment of their enforcement. The Special 301 Report is an annual publication that […]
IP-heavy industries generated $7.8 trillion in GDP in the US
Apr
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has released the third edition of its report titled “Intellectual property and the U.S. economy: Third Edition,” which highlights the economic contributions of industries that make greater use of intellectual property (IP) protection, such as patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Economy and Intellectual Property of the United States […]
Disney is in risk of losing copyright protection for some of its most valuable characters
Feb
Disney is at risk of losing the copyright to some of its most important – and lucrative – characters. While that also means other creators can use the characters after the copyright expires, they can’t just copy the Disney trademarks, they will have to make their own versions. Few would deny that Disney’s success is […]
The Trademark Modernization Act gives new measures for combating illegally acquired registrations in the US
Jan
The Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) was signed into law in December 2020. The TMA established two new, accelerated methods for canceling trademark registrations before the USPTO: expungement proceedings and re-examination proceedings. The purpose of these ex parte procedures is to address the recent increase of trademark registrations obtained unlawfully through fictitious or erroneous claims of […]
YouTube says creators are ‘hiding the ball’ with copyright claims
Jan
Plaintiffs in a contentious case alleging that YouTube failed to secure their copyrights are attempting to “hide the ball” with their claims, according to YouTube. YouTube urged a federal court in San Francisco to dismiss a copyright case filed by a group of creators, claiming that the plaintiffs failed to describe “a single alleged violation” […]
Patent Issuance in the United States Could Be Expedited
Jan
A proposed regulation to facilitate electronic patent issuance has been announced by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The proposed regulation would eliminate the practice of delivering granted patents to patentees, instead opting to issue them online. As the world is going from physical to digital, such a regulatory amendment could be essential. Many […]