Is it possible in the United States to protect a trademark that is not used directly and not registered in the States? The short answer...

Liane: In my experience as a patent attorney, there are few tasks more difficult than convincing a U.S. patent examiner to allow an...

Being a fan of hockey after playing my entire life and coaching for the past decade along with being a patent attorney, I recently began...

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury famously belted out the line “and another one gone, and another one gone” in the song “Another One Bites...

Recently, the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) expanded the Collaborative Search Pilot (CSP) program between the USPTO,...

Scenario: A continuation application was filed with the USPTO under 35 USC §120, along with an application data sheet (“ADS”). In the...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently interpreted claim language of “a plurality of A, B and C” in SIMO...

Fact scenario: Company A has a U.S. trademark registration on the mark CRABAPPLE. Company B, which is related to Company A, files a U.S....

To begin to answer this question, you should familiarize yourself with what a patent is, who can get one, and if you decide that you need...