ARELaw Alerts

The attorneys of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein keep track of significant events in intellectual property law. As a service to our clients and the community, we provide ARELAW Alerts as short bulletins summarizing these events.

• Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP Trademark Alert
  Facebook To Offer Personalized URLs
  - June 12, 2009
  Author(s): Anthony Lo Cicero, Max Vern

• Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP Patent Litigation Alert
  FTC Closes Rambus Investigation
  - June 12, 2009
  Author(s): Joseph Casino, David Boag

• Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP Patent Law Alert
  Supreme Court Grants Cert For In Re Bilski
  - June 1, 2009
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, Norajean McCaffrey

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Published Articles

The attorneys of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein are recognized authorities in their fields, consistently staying at the forefront of developments, decisions, and trends within the constantly evolving world of intellectual property law. We encourage our attorneys to publish their discussions and analyses of intellectual property law developments, and we offer them as a service to the community of clients and practitioners engaged in this field.

• Secondary meaning must be attributed to business to afford trade mark protection under US law
  - Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, May 20, 2009
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo

• Secondary Considerations of Non-Obviousness Must Still Be Considered
  - Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, April 17, 2009
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo

• Tafas v. Doll – Round II: One Down, Three to Go
  - IP Law360, March 24, 2009
  Author(s): Charles R. Macedo, Marion P. Metelski

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In the Press

Reporters and editors covering decisions and developments in intellectual property law, often working on deadline, frequently find themselves turning to the lawyers at Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein for the perspective and insight that goes “behind the story.” We are gratified that the print and online media have come to rely on our lawyers to distill complex decisions into plain English so that the audience for the story can understand not just what was decided but, more importantly, why it was decided and what implications it has for the future.

• Business Method Patents Down But Not Out: Experts
  "Charles R. Macedo, partner of Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, noted that although the majority rejects efforts to create shortcut or alternative tests, such as the previously relied upon “useful” test, it does not appear to fully encompass the broad scope of protection Congress intended in enacting the Patent Act.
  “In rejecting its prior ‘useful, concrete and tangible results’ formulation of the patent-eligible subject matter, the majority opinion was silent on whether Congress' post-State Street adoption of prior user right for ‘methods of doing business,’ in effect adopted that standard as part of the statute,” Macedo said."
  - Author, IP Law360, Thursday, Oct 30, 2008

• New York Court to Weigh Tiffany v. eBay’s Effect on Web Service’s Contributory Liability
  Charles R. Macedo, an attorney with Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, in New York, told BNA that the Tiffany decision, provided it withstands Second Circuit review, carved out a safe harbor protecting online service providers from contributory infringement liability.
  
  "Without specific notice of a particular infringement, service providers have no general duty to take down infringing content," he said. "If they remove infringing content after receiving notice of infringement, they arguably fall within the safe harbor and cannot be held liable."
  - Reproduced with permission from BNA's
  Electronic Commerce & Law Report, Vol. 13, No. 42
  (Oct. 29, 2008) pp. 1382-1383. Copyright 2008 by The
  Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033)
  www.bna.com

• "eBay beats Tiffany in court case over trademarks" an interview with Anthony Lo Cicero on Bloomberg TV News.
  Anthony Lo Cicero interviewed by Mike Schneider of Bloomberg TV News on the ruling eBay beats Tiffany in court case over trademarks
  - July 15, 2008, Bloomberg News

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Upcoming Events

• July 28-29,2009
  World Research Group's 6th Annual Patents & The Financial Services Industry
  Location: New York, NY
  Speaker(s):
  Anthony F. Lo Cicero,
  Charles R. Macedo

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