More than $1 billion in fake goods were recovered during a counterfeit goods seizure in a raid of a storage facility in Manhattan by Homeland Security and the New York Police Department (NYPD) this past week. In a statement to the media, the Homeland Security special...
In an effort to crack down on fraudulent trademark filings, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will be collecting and verifying domicile addresses for all applicants. This comes as a result of the USPTO’s trademark enforcement team finding thousands...
Anyone thinking about securing a copyright for Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated work should pay attention to last month’s ruling in a Federal court in Washington D.C. In a ruling upholding the U.S. Copyright Office’s decision to not grant copyright protection to...
In its ongoing efforts to modernize operations, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) implemented eGrants for patents beginning in April of 2023. In switching to eGrants, patent grants will no longer be issued on paper, but in a PDF format. It should...
The “Bad Spaniels” dog toys, in a unanimous 9-0 decision, the United States Supreme Court found that a dog toy company had infringed on the Jack Daniels’ trademark whiskey bottle and label design.The whiskey distiller sued the dog toy company, VIP...
As 2022 drew to a close, Congress passed an Act, with bipartisan support, that will enable the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce requirements geared toward combatting online counterfeit sales. The Act, called the Integrity, Notification and Fairness in Online...
