Currently, one of the biggest questions for copyright stakeholders and the intellectual property legal community is if artificial intelligence large language models (“LLMs”), like OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is infringing on the copyright of others because of their use of copyrighted material…
Can You Have Multiple Designs in a Design Patent? Yes. In certain instances, a design patent may include multiple designs or ‘embodiments.’ Filing a design patent application with multiple embodiments may save you both time and money. However, you may…
Once you have determined that a trademark watching service is a valuable asset for protecting your brand, the next step is to decide which service is right for you. Much of that depends on your particular needs. Do you just…
Businesses or individuals that own intellectual property may want to obtain a court order that their product or service is not infringing a competitor’s copyright, patent, or trademark. These types of orders are known as a declaratory judgment of non-infringement.…
SRI International, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. (“SRI”), serves as yet another example of how software may be patent eligible. In SRI, the Federal Circuit held that a claimed invention that used network monitors to detect suspicious network activity by analyzing…
After filing a patent application for an invention with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), a USPTO patent attorney analyzes the patent application to ensure that the patent application meets the legal requirements for patentability before a patent…
Consumers use the internet to research and purchase almost every type of good and service. Clients often ask me about their trademarks being used by their competitors in their competitor’s meta-tag data. This article discusses that issue. “Meta tags” are…
Several potential clients have asked me questions regarding their trademark rights similar to the following: “I have been selling goods under my trademark for several years. I never registered my trademark. Another business sent me a cease and desist letter…