RPOST COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED ET AL v. GODADDY.COM, LLC
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The Copyright Lawyer: The interplay between U.S. and International copyright law: Why non-U.S. persons should consider registering in the U.S.A.
Chester Rothstein and Benjamin Charkow from Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein, LLP explore some implications that an owner of a non-U.S. work must keep in mind when developing its copyright protection and enforcement strategies.
Supreme Court 2015-2016 IP Case Review
In the past term, the Supreme Court continued to take a keen interest in intellectual property matters, including following up on its prior decisions. The Association, in turn, continued its strong history of representing its diverse intellectual property constituency before the Court. In particular, the Amicus Brief Committee filed briefs on the merits in the […]
Amicus Brief Advocating Against Tribal Sovereign Immunity Filed in PTAB Proceedings
IPWatchdog In response to a hotly contested series of patent litigations and PTAB proceedings involving Restatis®, the patent owner Allergan, Inc. (“Allergan”) made a eleventh hour assignment of its patents (with an accompanying license back) to the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe (“the Tribe”). As a result of this transaction, the Tribe asserted Tribal Sovereign […]
The Bitcoin Network, Blockchain Technology and Altcoin Futures
IPWATCHDOG In 2008, as the financial markets crumbled in the largest economic crisis the world has seen since the 1930s, Satoshi Nakamoto published a white paper describing his Bitcoinnetwork and the blockchain technology that was used to enable it. (By common convention, Bitcoin with a capital “B” typically refers to the Bitcoin network as a whole, whereas bitcoin […]
Patent Law Alert:SUPREME COURT CLARIFIES THE RULES FOR BIOSIMILARS
(June 12, 2017) In Sandoz v. Amgen, 582 U. S. ___ (2017), the Supreme Court addressed the “plain language” of a “carefully crafted and detailed enforcement scheme” relating to “biologic” drugs. Under this complex statute that was enacted as part of ObamaCare as an effort to get generic biosimilar and interchangeable biologic drugs on the market quicker […]
In The Press:IPWatchdog Turns to Partner Charles R. Macedo for Insight on SCOTUS Decision Declaring Disparagement Clause of Lanham Act Unconstitutional in Matal v. Tam
Industry Reaction to SCOTUS First Amendment Decision in Matal v. Tam – IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law By Gene Quinn Charles MacedoPartner, Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP Today, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the Lanham Act provision prohibiting the federal registration of trademarks that “may disparage . . . persons, living or […]
In The Press: Law360 Reports on 2nd Circ. Says Macy’s Didn’t Infringe UK Retailer’s TM
Law360, Los Angeles (June 21, 2017, 10:14 PM EDT) — A Second Circuit panel agreed with a lower court Wednesday that Macy’s “Maison Jules” clothing line doesn’t infringe the trademark of U.K.-based clothing line Joules, saying the circuit’s eight-part trademark-confusion test weighed in the U.S. retailer’s favor. Macy’s is represented by Anthony F. LoCicero, Richard […]
In The Press: IPWATCHDOG turns to Partner Charles R. Macedo for his insights on the Supreme Court granting certiorari in Oil States
Industry Reaction to SCOTUS Granting Cert. in Oil States By Gene Quinn June 13, 2017 Charles R. Macedo Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP There is little doubt that the creation of Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceedings as part of the American Invents Act (AIA) — and to a lesser degree Post Grant Reviews (PGR) and […]
Patent Law Alert:SUPREME COURT REVERSES FEDERAL CIRCUIT’S PRECEDENT ON PATENT EXHAUSTION
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Volume 12, Issue 11, 1 November 2017, Pages 884–885 Impression Products Inc. v Lexmark International Inc., No. 15–1189, 581 US ___ (2017), Supreme Court of the United States, 30 May 2017 The US Supreme Court held that ‘a patentee’s decision to sell a product exhausts all of its patent […]