Black Friday may be over but the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) still has deals for trademark applicants and owners....

As I discussed in a previous entry, nonprovisional U.S. patent applications are assigned to a Technology Center1 having the classes of...

According to 15 U.S.C. § 1127, a trademark is “a word, phrase, symbol, and/or design that identifies and distinguishes the source of the...

Have you ever seen the 1992 film Wayne’s World when Wayne Campbell, played by Mike Myers, visits a music store and picks up a guitar, and...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office will soon officially have a new Director: Michelle K. Lee, who is currently the Deputy...

You have a great idea, and you want to share it with your boss, your coworkers, your spouse, your patent attorney, potential investors,...

What is that actor’s name that is in that alien movie that came out last year? You know, the guy with the tattoos on his face…..? When I...

In August, the U.S. Copyright Office released a public draft of the third edition of the Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices....

Taking a “Selfie” is old hat these days. I am usually the last person to engage in the latest trend, but after trading in my flip phone...

It has been a hot summer for intellectual property law geeks. The season opened with a storm accusing the Washington NFL team of using a...

One hundred years from now, each nineteenth day of June, grandfathers may tell their grandchildren (or whatever cyborg abominations pass...

You have an issued patent on your product, now what? Perhaps you are in the works to get your product manufactured and on store shelves....

On June 18, 2014, the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled six registered REDSKINS...

Upon filing your patent application, it is first reviewed for formalities (i.e. correct font size for reference numerals on your...

Some say long distance relationships just don’t last, but hey, what do they know? After being a part of Head, Johnson & Kachigian, P.C....

While one could argue that every day is a day to celebrate intellectual property, the official World Intellectual Property day is...

What do you do if your competitor obtains a patent that you think is invalid? Before the America Invents Act (“AIA”) went into effect,...

Those of you who have visited Head, Johnson & Kachigian, P.C. know that we are lucky to be located in beautiful Moore Manor. During...

In 2011, the President signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) which was designed to increase the efficiency of the patent...

The powers of the state versus the federal government have been debated since Jefferson and Madison. The debate spills over into so many...