Ed. Note: This is the first in a series of articles taken from Gavin Parsons' CLE presentation for the North Carolina Bar Association's Antitrust and Complex Business Dispute CLE Program presented on ...

“The tension between patents and trade dress protection is most evident when the alleged trade dress (or aspects thereof) has been disclosed in a utility patent.” Patents and trademarks protect ...

A trademark (or service mark for services) primarily protects words, names, symbols, slogans or logos used to identify and distinguish the source of goods or services. Trade dress is essentially a ...

Trademark attorney Rosezena Pierce draws from her dual career background to protect entrepreneurs from costly intellectual property mistakes while advocating for community empowerment. Attorney ...

Building a strong brand is crucial for the success of any business. In the early stages of a startup, founders can start the brand-building process by protecting their intellectual property, ...

Xuelan Yue of Liu Shen & Associates draws on several ‘model cases’ put forward by the Intellectual Property Court of the Supreme People’s Court of China to highlight trends in trade secret ...

Copyright protection is becoming a hot button issue across a wide variety of jurisdictions. In recent examination practice in mainland China, the number of cases ...

Establishing the notoriety of a trademark will offer broader protection whether or not it is registered, says Izuchukwu Chinedo of Inventa. Popular trademarks are those trademarks that are easily ...

IPWatchdog is pleased to inform readers that North America’s first industry-led trade secret series is coming to the east coast this year for Trade Secret IP Protection & Litigation: Boston (September ...

From Palette to Protection: When Does Color Function as a Trademark? While companies like UPS have successfully used color as a trademark, securing trademark protection for a color can be challenging.

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