Copyright registration provides important benefits including the ability to sue for infringement and request statutory damages and recover attorney fees.
Read MoreOur firm believes that great law firm culture starts with a compelling vision shared by all. We upended the traditional law firm model to create a firm based on roles and abilities as opposed to seniority. In addition to a team-based structure, we focus our firm on five values. Here is a compilation of some of our most popular posts from our experiences and observations over the years of being a values-based business.
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Klemchuk LLP blog posts that made the Texas Bar Today “Top 10 Blog Posts” in February 2021.
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Klemchuk LLP blog posts that made the Texas Bar Today “Top 10 Blog Posts” in January 2021.
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Klemchuk LLP blog posts that made the Texas Bar Today “Top 10 Blog Posts” in December 2020.
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Effective as of December 1, 2020, there are new amendments to EDTX local patent rules for invalidity contentions.
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Learn when you should take action to protect your invention and how the process to obtain a patent works.
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As AI inventing grows in R&D of technology, the question is posed, “Can a computer be an inventor of a patent?” The USPTO recently decided it cannot.
Read MoreA patent specification is a written description of the invention and of the manner and process of making and using the invention that concludes with the claims to the invention. Read for a discussion of patent specification best practices.
Read MoreWhat does “patent pending” mean and what are the dos and don’ts of claiming your invention is “patent pending”. Read for a detailed discussion of what kinds of patent application can be “patent pending,” the requirements for a patent application to be “patent pending,” benefits of “patent pending” status, limitations of “patent pending” notices and lawsuits based on pending patent applications, how to mark an invention “patent pending,” when not to mark an invention “patent pending, and international “patent pending” status.
Read MoreRead for tips on drafting trademark licensing agreements. A trademark licensing agreement is a legal contract between a trademark owner and another party that have agreed to use the trademark on preapproved terms decided between the contracting parties.
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A video of someone licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream and returning it to a store shelf soon went viral. Beware the legal consequences of intentionally tampering with a consumer product, knowing that the consumer product will be offered for sale to the public or as a gift to another.
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November 2018: Universal Music Group (UMG) and prominent music labels filed suit against iBus Media, parent group for PokerNews and PokerNews app, for alleged copyright infringement in a California federal district court.
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This type of patent, filed by Mastercard, is basically filed to protect a newer type of cryptocurrency called “privacy coin.”
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The NBA and Copyright law intersected when costume creation and design company Easter Unlimited filed suit in New York Federal District Court against Boston Celtics star Terry Rozier for alleged unauthorized use of the Ghost Face® Mask from the film Scream.
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The TikTok app has created a platform allowing users and the music industry to uniquely interact in the world of short-form video.
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Read MoreIntellectual property lawyers have a wide variety of expertise to draw from when it comes to giving legal advice, and the general public often does not understand the full scope of issues that intellectual property lawyers handle.
Read MoreWith the rise of technology, intellectual property theft has become more rampant and widespread. Registering your IP may entitle you to more damages should it be infringed upon, and such protection gives presumptive nationwide notice to others.
Read MoreWith the explosion of social media and the relative ease at which anyone can share content at the press of a button, copyright lawyers have found that their services are needed more than ever.
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