By Art MacCord
Art MacCord is a patent attorney with 38 years of experience. He keeps an eye on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office for new rules and practice tips of interest to intellectual property attorneys. Please click on the links below for the most recent updates.
Copyright Office Proposes Rule to Modernize Document Recordation
Please note that the Hilton Riverside in Wilmington is currently full. We have obtained rooms near by at the Courtyard Marriott. Please make your hotel reservations by clicking here. If you haven’t signed up for the Annual Meeting/CLE you can do so by clicking here. This is a great program with a variety of top-notch speakers!
Join us the night before at Elijah’s Restaurant for a joint reception with Sports & Entertainment Law Section (guests welcomed). Click here to rsvp! See you next month in Wilmington!
By Art MacCord
Art MacCord is a patent attorney with 38 years of experience. He keeps an eye on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office for new rules and practice tips of interest to intellectual property attorneys. Please find his most recent link below.
U.S. Copyright Office launched its updated website: www.copyright.gov
By Art MacCord
Art MacCord is a patent attorney with 38 years of experience. He keeps an eye on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office for new rules and practice tips of interest to intellectual property attorneys. Please find his most recent links below.
Copyright Office Technical Amendments To Regulations: Final Rule
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-02-06/pdf/2016-29625.pdf
Copyright Office Interim Rule To Implement the FOIA Improvement Act of 2016
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-02-07/pdf/2017-01770.pdf
By Art MacCord
Art MacCord is a patent attorney with 38 years of experience. He keeps an eye on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office for new rules and practice tips of interest to intellectual property attorneys. Please find his most recent links below.
Request for Comments Regarding the Continuation of the Accelerated Patent Examination Program
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2017/
week06/TOC.htm#ref11
Informational Matter Incapable of Trademark Registration
https://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/
Incapable_Informational_Matter_Exam_Guide.doc
Final Rule Adopted to Remove Personally Identifiable Information from Copyright Registration Records
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-02-02/pdf/2017-02238.pdf
Copyright Office Initiates Study on the Moral Rights of Attribution and Integrity
https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-01-23/pdf/2017-01294.pdf
https://www.copyright.gov/policy/moralrights/
Intellectual Property Law Section members:
The Intellectual Property Law Section of the North Carolina Bar Association is seeking nominations for its 2016 Outstanding Achievement Pro Bono Award. This award is intended to foster and recognize the outstanding pro bono efforts undertaken by IP Section members during the year of 2016. Please take a few moments to nominate yourself or another IP Section member (including law firms and other organizations such as in-house legal departments) and summarize the qualifying pro bono activities performed by the candidate during the past year. Thank you in advance for your nominations and for your encouragement of the pro bono efforts of the IP Section’s members.
Suppose you are a small company in California asserting a patent against a North Carolina-based company. You gathered finances, hired a lawyer, and filed a complaint. Now you are ready to start litigating your patent infringement case, but you receive a summons for violating NC 75 Article 8. This may seem utterly fantastical, but under North Carolina’s anti “patent troll” legislation it is not.
Next to issues surrounding 35 USC section 101, the supposed abusive litigation by “patent trolls” is one of the most discussed issues in patent law. North Carolina, along with several other states, has enacted laws aimed at curbing this practice. The law, however, suffers from several potential pitfalls. It gives North Carolina courts personal jurisdiction over anyone who sues a North Carolina based entity for patent infringement, even if the patent infringement suit takes place in another state. Lack of contacts, other than serving a North Carolina based entity, are irrelevant. Accordingly, a discussion on the likelihood of federal preemption follows.
By Art MacCord
Art MacCord is a patent attorney with 38 years of experience. He keeps an eye on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office for new rules and practice tips of interest to intellectual property attorneys. Please find his most recent link below.
Trademark Fee Changes
https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/fees-payment-information/trademark-fee-changes
As attorneys, we are all well aware of how diverse the practice of law is and how each area of the law intersects with other areas. However, not many non-attorneys are aware of the intersection between intellectual property law and sports and entertainment law.
Like many other children of the nineties, I grew up idolizing basketball megastar Michael Jordan. As a kid growing up on Tobacco Road, I was in awe of Michael Jordan’s seemingly unlimited skill set. So you can imagine many children’s collective disappointment when our hero was not in several video games growing up. The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the National Basketball Players’ Association Shared Licensing Agreement is one reason for that.
By Art MacCord
Art MacCord is a patent attorney with 38 years of experience. He keeps an eye on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office for new rules and practice tips of interest to intellectual property attorneys. Please find his most recent links here.
Extension Of the Extended Missing Parts Pilot Program
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2017/week03/TOC.htm#ref11
Summary of changes in TTAB final rule became effective on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017
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New Trademark Fee schedule
Trademark fee changes page
New TM rules texts
Trademark Laws and Regulations page.
Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) Reformatted Declarations
TEAS Reformatted Declarations Effective January 14, 2017
Retirement of Trademarks legacy ID Manual
https://www.uspto.gov/trademark/trademark-updates-and-announcements/retirement-trademarks-legacy-id-manual
Continuation of the IP5 Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program with the IP5 Offices
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2016/week52/TOC.htm#ref16
Consolidated Listing Of Official Gazette Notices Re Patent and Trademark Office Practices and Procedures
https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/com/sol/og/2016/week52/TOC2016CN.htm
Copyright Office Releases Report On Software-Enabled Consumer Products
http://copyright.gov/policy/software/
