Did you hear the one about the inventor who asked his intellectual property attorney if he could help the inventor get a patent on his new invention? The attorney said “I don’t know. What’s the invention?” The inventor said “It’s a wheel.” Well that’s how it happened in 1991 when Rolf Dietrich came to see […]
Read More →This week, I attended a webinar hosted by Anaqua, a firm that provides “Intellectual Asset Management Software and Services.” The webinar featured David Gooder who is the Managing Director & Chief Trademark Counsel of Jack Daniel’s Properties. This is not a plug for Anaqua or for Jack Daniel’s. It is a review of some of […]
Read More →One of my clients makes and sells delicious homemade pies. This client created a trademark tag line, “Eat More Pie!” to promote its wares. To my delight, this client contacted me BEFORE adopting the tagline, and hired me to perform a search for marks that might conflict with its use and registration of this trademark. […]
Read More →Last month, one of my clients sent me a cease and desist (cease to exist) letter that she received from a lawyer in Texas. The letter alleged that she was infringing his client’s trademark. A week before Texas sent the letter, the Patent and Trademark Office issued a certificate of trademark registration to his client. […]
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