In Brief:  The first sale of a patent is determined by contract law.

In Brief:   A work that is created for commercial purposes is not protected by the Visual Artists’ Rights Act.

In Brief:  David’s beer brand wins over Goliath’s beer brand.

In Brief:   The type of trade secret drives reasonable measures of secrecy.

In Brief:  Oral agreements with independent contractors fuel copyright infringement litigation.

In Brief:  Adopting a portion of someone else’s trademark can lead to a likelihood of confusion.

In Brief: Too many words in a contract term plus course of dealing can cause a bad breakup.

In Brief:   Hoping your team makes it to World Series isn’t enough for trademark use.

In Brief: Obtaining a trade secret by mistake isn’t always misappropriation.

In Brief:   An application for a certification mark was dealt a fatal blow by genericide.

In Brief:  Messing up on a copyright application can be excused.

In Brief:  An agreement stipulating the rights in a patent is not a present assignment of a patent.

In Brief: A generic top level domain name needs something more to be a trademark.

In Brief:   It takes some work to prove up a missing copyright assignment.

In Brief:  Don’t use a trademark that would cause confusion with a certification mark.

In Brief: Design patents have to stay in their lane.

In Brief:  Identifying a trade secret with specificity is the key to protection.

In Brief:  The First Sale Doctrine doesn’t always apply to gray market goods.

In Brief:  Each year, a new crop of creative works go into the public domain.

In Brief:  It’s time to acknowledge those who achieved infamy by committing Intellectual Property crimes during 2021.