by Kelly Malloy | Sep 26, 2023 | Associate, Blog, Copyright
This is an update to a blog post dated February 25, 2022. On August 18, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia released an Opinion denying Plaintiff Stephen Thaler copyright protection for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, a work of visual art...
by Tyler Litwak | Sep 5, 2023 | Associate, Blog, Copyright
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) and its integration into everyday use in modern society has brought to the forefront a multitude of complex issues, especially those concerning copyright law. The relationship between AI and copyright protection is...
by Tyler Litwak | Jul 25, 2023 | Associate, Blog, Trademark
In a press release issued on July 18, 2023, Taco John’s—a restaurant franchise famous for using the registered mark “TACO TUESDAY” (i.e., U.S. Registration No. 1,572,589) in connection with restaurant services—announced its intent to surrender its federal...
by Tyler Litwak | Jun 9, 2023 | Associate, Blog, Patent
On May 9, 2023, in a significant reversal of a previous Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled in favor of pharmaceutical giant Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH (“Sanofi”), upholding the validity of its...
by Tyler Litwak | Jun 7, 2023 | Associate, Blog, Trademark
On May 25, 2023, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) reversed a refusal to register the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s (the “Tribe’s”) trade dress consisting of “a three-dimensional building in the shape of a guitar” (U.S. Application No. 87/890,892)—finding the...
by Tyler Litwak | May 17, 2023 | Associate, Blog, Patent
On May 16, 2023, in a move aimed at enhancing efficiency and expertise in design patent proceedings, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to establish a separate design patent practitioner bar. The...
