by Oliver Ruiz | May 18, 2023 | Blog, Copyright
The Supreme Court issued a decision today In a highly-followed case involving fair use defenses that were asserted by the Andy Warhol Foundation for Visual Arts. The Foundation asserted the defenses in a case that alleged that Andy Warhol’s use of photographs of 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...
by Kelly Malloy | May 8, 2023 | Blog, Patent, Trademark
Intellectual property practitioners across the globe celebrated World Intellectual Property Day or “World IP Day” on April 26th. Established in 2000 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the aim of World IP Day is to celebrate innovators and raise...
by Cleo Suero | Apr 24, 2023 | Internet
Recently, a federal district court in Manhattan made a significant ruling concerning the way libraries are allowed to lend eBooks under copyright law. In the case, Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive, four publishing houses sued Internet Archive, a free...
by Kelly Malloy | Jan 23, 2023 | Blog, Copyright
The term of copyright protection in Canada was recently extended from fifty (50) years after the life of the author to seventy (70) years after the life of the author. This significant change went into effect on December 30, 2022, as part of Canada’s Budget...
by Jonathan Woodard | Jan 10, 2023 | Associate, Blog, Trademark
As part of the effort among federal agencies to reduce the impacts of climate change, the United States Patent and Trademark Office is adding new terms to the Trademark ID Manual. Those new terms will cover goods and services in connection with climate change,...
