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Looks are everything.  Sorry, kind of superficial, but it’s true.  Color specific trademarks are becoming more common, whether for chocolate, jewelry, sports products, or shoes.   Colors […]

In the United States there is little protection for clothing designs, but there is protection for prints and fabric designs used on clothing.  So, that floral print […]

I visit about 4-5 outdoor specific trade shows every year, and the most common issue complained of is intellectual property protection for apparel.  Generally, protection for apparel is […]

Apple registered their store configuration with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). With this registration Apple obviously hopes to keep others from copying the […]

From time to time I read lawyerly things such as thick leather bound books with language most English speakers don’t understand (had to include an Anchorman […]

There are many options for protecting apparel, but you need to be open to thinking outside of the box. Design patent protection is not common in […]

Bottom line, allegedly infringing work must contain a new expressive message or content. Plaintiff Derek Seltzer sued Green Day after his “Scream Icon” (a drawing depicting a […]

I’m not sure which could put me to sleep faster, reading a text book or reading a legal opinion about copyright infringement of text books. The […]

Increase Cash Flow Licensing is a tried and true business model that makes companies billions of dollars every year, typically with only minor upkeep and expenses. […]

Sometimes people point out that it can cost $250,000 – $2,000,000 to sue someone for violating your patent or trademark.  Those people never seem to have that […]

When a company is sold, it is usually sold for higher than the book value on the balance sheet. This difference, the a gap between the book […]

The world of intellectual property can be very complicated. There are literally tens of thousands of pages of rules governing how it all works, plus thousands of […]

When you are faced with a patent application that has been rejected by an Examiner of the US Patent Office, it is important to keep several things […]

There are five kinds of intellectual property. They are: Brand, Technology, Content, Secrets, and Relationships. Each kind of intellectual property has a different value for different companies, […]

I practice intellectual property law in the United States. The following are some of the most common intellectual property myths that I hear during my practice. When […]