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IP BLAWG
Fixing an Error Doesn’t Fix Patent Infringement
Beverly A. Berneman
7/26/22In Brief: A court’s fix of an obvious error in patent claim language can’t be used as a defense to willful patent infringement.
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IP BLAWG
Pinterest Doesn't Get Pinned for Infringement
Beverly A. Berneman
7/19/22In Brief: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor protects Pinterest from copyright infringement for photographs appearing next to ads.
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IP BLAWG
The® Importance of Being The®
Beverly A. Berneman
6/28/22 -
IP BLAWG
Patent World and Contract World Collide
Beverly A. Berneman
6/21/22 -
IP BLAWG
Would Ye Like a Wizard Image Lawsuit?
Beverly A. Berneman
6/7/22In Brief: A work that is created for commercial purposes is not protected by the Visual Artists’ Rights Act.
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IP BLAWG
Brewsky v. Brewsky
Beverly A. Berneman
5/24/22 -
IP BLAWG
One Size Does Not Fit All Trade Secrets
Beverly A. Berneman
5/17/22 -
IP BLAWG
Oral Agreement = Copyright Infringement Litigation
Beverly A. Berneman
5/3/22In Brief: Oral agreements with independent contractors fuel copyright infringement litigation.
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IP BLAWG
Coming Into Focus
Beverly A. Berneman
4/26/22In Brief: Adopting a portion of someone else’s trademark can lead to a likelihood of confusion.
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IP BLAWG
Custody Fight Over Passionate Telenovela
Beverly A. Berneman
4/19/22In Brief: Too many words in a contract term plus course of dealing can cause a bad breakup.
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IP BLAWG
Field of Trademark Dreams
Beverly A. Berneman
4/12/22 -
IP BLAWG
“Oops” Trade Secret Disclosure
Beverly A. Berneman
3/29/22 -
IP BLAWG
Who’s Got the Cheese?
Beverly A. Berneman
3/22/22 -
IP BLAWG
Unicolor Gets a Mulligan from the Supreme Court
Beverly A. Berneman
3/8/22 -
IP BLAWG
The Devil is in the Patent Assignment Details
Beverly A. Berneman
3/1/22In Brief: An agreement stipulating the rights in a patent is not a present assignment of a patent.
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IP BLAWG
Decision Sucks for “.sucks”
Beverly A. Berneman
2/22/22 -
IP BLAWG
All the Way Missing
Beverly A. Berneman
2/15/22 -
IP BLAWG
Certified Delicious
Beverly A. Berneman
2/8/22 -
IP BLAWG
Lips Aren’t the Same as Drawing Tools
Beverly A. Berneman
2/1/22 -
IP BLAWG
Non-Sticky Trade Secrets Get Released
Beverly A. Berneman
1/25/22 -
IP BLAWG
Fifty Shades of Gray Market Goods
Beverly A. Berneman
1/18/22 -
IP BLAWG
Copyright Public Domain Class of 2022
Beverly A. Berneman
1/11/22 -
IP BLAWG
The 2021 Crippys – The IP Criminals Hall of Fame
Beverly A. Berneman
1/4/22In Brief: It’s time to acknowledge those who achieved infamy by committing Intellectual Property crimes during 2021.
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IP BLAWG
If at First You Don’t Succeed
Beverly A. Berneman
12/21/21In Brief: Decisions by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board don’t always have a preclusive effect on further litigation.
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IP BLAWG
Spinal Fusion
Beverly A. Berneman
12/14/21In Brief: Generally, a patent has to disclose all enabling features of the invention. However, an invention can be partially protected by a patent and partially protected by trade secrets.
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