Recent IP decisions reinforce the view that outside the US, IP decisions more often favor patent and trademark holders. China: One on the patent side, one on the trademark Before 1985, China had no patent
An Article in Schott, P.C.’s IP Law For Start-ups Series By Stephen B. Schott If you have valuable intellectual property, you may want international protection. For your patents, you can file an application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty or
By Stephen B. Schott An Article in Schott, PC’s IP Law for Startups Series Dear Dr. Jones, It has recently come to my attention that your product, the Gadgetron, may infringe our client’s [patents, trademarks, copyright]. In
By Stephen B. Schott Patent attorneys appreciate patent law’s rigidity. Unlike many areas of the law, there are hard rules and unextendible deadlines. In some ways, this inflexibility reflects the personality of the scientists and engineers who benefit
By Stephen B. Schott In a 2-1 split decision, the US Patent and Trademark Appeals Board canceled several trademarks owned by American football’s Washington Redskins today. The marks included: WASHINGTON REDSKINS, THE REDSKINS, several stylized variations
An Article in Schott, P.C.’s IP Law For Start-ups Series By Stephen B. Schott Do you have a business name? Are you using it in commerce? Or do you have a distinctive name for a product that
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