This week in Other Barks & Bites: the National Academy of Public Administration tells Senator Tillis that the agency will conduct a study into the possibility of a stand-alone U.S. IP office; the Fifth Circuit finds that two sales of allegedly infringing products may create minimum contacts with Texas but doesn’t support specific personal jurisdiction over trademark claims; Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other Democrat Senators send a letter to the FTC regarding concerns over the Microsoft-Activision merger and how it may obfuscate investigations into wrongdoing at Activision; President Joe Biden is expected to invoke the Defense Production Act to support the domestic EV battery production industry; the Supreme Court grants a petition for writ to review the Second Circuit’s fair use ruling on Andy Warhol’s Prince Series; and more.
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- Fee Shifting
- Litigation
- UKIPO Issues New Trademark Guidance on NFTs, the Metaverse and Virtual Goods
- Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 26: USPTO Proposes Track Three Pilot Program for Micro Entity Patent Applicants; LeBron James Joins Taco Tuesday Trademark Battle; European Commission Releases List of Countries with Concerning IP Rights Protections
- Former Copyright Office GC Tells House IP Subcommittee His Counterpart Got It Wrong on AI Fair Use
- Clause 8: Tom Irving on Litigating the First Hatch-Waxman Case and Mentoring Thousands in the Patent Field
- IP Goes Pop! – Streamlining Copyright Disputes: The Copyright Claims Board
Recent Posts
- UKIPO Issues New Trademark Guidance on NFTs, the Metaverse and Virtual Goods
- Other Barks & Bites for Friday, May 26: USPTO Proposes Track Three Pilot Program for Micro Entity Patent Applicants; LeBron James Joins Taco Tuesday Trademark Battle; European Commission Releases List of Countries with Concerning IP Rights Protections
- Former Copyright Office GC Tells House IP Subcommittee His Counterpart Got It Wrong on AI Fair Use
- Clause 8: Tom Irving on Litigating the First Hatch-Waxman Case and Mentoring Thousands in the Patent Field
- IP Goes Pop! – Streamlining Copyright Disputes: The Copyright Claims Board