Trademark

The Right Choice: IP Stakeholders Emphasize Practical Experience, Strong IP Advocacy in Next USPTO Head

January 26, 2021

The position of Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), as well as Deputy, is now vacant. Commissioner for…

ipAwarenessAssessment: Inventors and Business Owners Should Start Their IP Journey with this USPTO-NIST Tool

January 23, 2021

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The ipAwarenessAssessment (the Tool) is engineered for both business owners and inventors so that they can comprehensively value their intellectual property (IP) and manage their IP portfolios accordingly. Developed as…

Washington Insiders Say Farewell to 2020 and Look Ahead to 2021

January 18, 2021

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As we thankfully see 2020 fading into the rear-view mirror and all look forward to a hopefully much better 2021, we want to take a moment to reflect on what…

USPTO Report Puts Chinese Innovation Growth in Context

January 14, 2021

Stone Law, P.C.

Patent, Trademark

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On January 13, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a new report on the impact of patent and trademark filing trends in China. The report, titled Trademarks…

Top USPTO Developments of 2020—and What to Expect in 2021

December 29, 2020

Stone Law, P.C.

Patent, Trademark

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Novel and non-obvious can be easily used to describe the events of 2020, both here in the United States and around the world. Despite all the challenges, there have been…

Europe’s Top Five (Non-Patent) IP Developments of 2020

December 23, 2020

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In a previous piece, we covered the top five patent developments of the year in Europe. Here, we review some of the key cases and legislation that shaped 2020 in…

Trade and Commerce in West Africa and How it Influences IP Rights

December 5, 2020

Stone Law, P.C.

Business, Patent, Trademark

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To do business in Africa, it is important to understand how African countries conduct trade and commerce among themselves and with the rest of the world. Specifically, IP right holders…

How Patents Helped Sprout the World’s First Plantable Pencil

November 28, 2020

Stone Law, P.C.

Business, Patent, Trademark

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It has likely been a while since most of even used a pencil – but would we use them more if they grew flowers, trees and herbs? Enter, Sprout World,…

Will SCOTUS Tell Bad Spaniels to Roll Over?

October 22, 2020

Stone Law, P.C.

Litigation, Patent, Trademark

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Sometimes a dog toy is just a dog toy. Maybe that’s how Sigmund Freud would have put it; certainly, that’s the message from our client, the International Trademark Association (INTA),…

Recent Trademark Developments: Four Cases Shaping the Law in the United States and Beyond

September 19, 2020

Stone Law, P.C.

Litigation, Patent, Trademark

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Trademark law has seen substantial developments in 2019 and 2020, with four major cases in the United States and Europe rising to the top. The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued…