Nintendo Company Ltd. Is one of the, if not the , biggest video game companies in the world.  With a net income in 2024 of $3.9 billion...

Throughout these blog posts, we’ve focused primarily on the major three avenues for protecting innovation: patents, copyrights, and...

Rather than protecting the functional aspects of an invention, design patents protect the ornamental aspects of the invention.  Design...

Trademarks are a valuable intellectual property for many businesses. Business owners are often faced early on with the decision whether...

In our previous post, we examined a broad overview of the patent process.  In that post, we touched on the first step in the patent...

Few legal concepts are less well understood than those of patents, trademarks, and copyrights.  Often, people mistakenly use these terms...

By Trey Holloway It is difficult to overstate Google’s influence. Since it emerged victorious in the search engine wars of the early...

By Steven R. Tollette Since March 16, 2013 when the American Invents Act became effective, the first inventor or inventors to file a...

The duration for which a copyright is afforded protection has changed tremendously throughout the years. As the law currently stands, for...

On April 19, 2018, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a memorandum informing the Examining Corps of recent...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently reached a monumental milestone, issuing U.S. Patent No. 10,000,000 on June 19th,...

What Are Third Party Pre-Issuance Submissions? Since the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) was enacted on September 16, 2011, there...

The Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) became the effective law on May 11, 2016. While trade secrets are often the less talked aspect of a...

Despite numerous setbacks and delays - most recently a June 2017 decision by the German Constitutional Court that prevents Germany from...

On Monday May 22, 2017, the United States Supreme Court decided TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC. Justice Thomas wrote...

As you may know, at any time, you can check the status of any pending or registered trademark at the United State Patent and Trademark...

The internet is one of the best means to share your art work and to gain exposure. However, your work on the internet is also extremely...

The Hague Agreement is an international registration system that allows the possibility of obtaining protection for up to 100 industrial...

Part of my position as an international paralegal is handling the recordation of ownership changes in various countries. This can be...

UPDATE: The drive was a success! Thank you so much to everyone who participated! Head, Johnson & Kachigian, P.C., in connection with...