Patent & IP news for April 8, 2017

Can a public domain artwork be registered as a trade mark or would that be contrary to public policy and morality? from ipkitten.blogspot.com

When can an artwork be registered as a trade mark? The question is not an easy one, and may be complicated further by consideration that the artwork at hand may be no longer eligible for ...

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The charge of "plagiarism" against Gorsuch, and a bit on the "Infant Doe" case from ipbiz.blogspot.com


In a piece entitled Neil Gorsuch's 11th-hour plagiarism scare, the Salt Lake Tribune
reproduced an article by Aaron Blake of the Washington Post, which text included:


Late Tuesday night [4 April 2017], a pair ...

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Webinar on Navigating Section 112 Issues in IPR Proceedings from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Navigating Section 112 Issues in IPR Proceedings: Using Section 112 as a Sword or a Shield -- Addressing Section 112 Issues in IPR Petitions, Establishing Priority or Earlier ...

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USPTO Patent Quality Chat Webinar Series from www.patentdocs.org

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be offering the next webinar in its Patent Quality Chat webinar series from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (ET) on April 11, 2017. Daniel Sullivan, Director ...

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IPO Webinar on Settlement Agreements from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Settlement Agreements as Comparables: New Comprehensive Analysis from the Federal Circuit" on April 20, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET ...

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