Latest NewsNew Associates We are pleased to welcome Caroline Camp and Stacy Wu as new associates in the Trademark Department in our New York Office. The Internet: Bigger and Even More Complex The Internet is about to become a much bigger and more complex place for trademark owners. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) will soon be allowing organizations to introduce hundreds of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) to the internet, adding to the existing 22 such as .com, .org, and .net. Those seeking to create a new gTLD and who previously registered with ICANN must complete their applications by April 12, 2012. More …. Mayo v. Prometheus: The United States Supreme Court has done it again In Bilski v. Kappos, the Supreme Court reiterated that “abstract ideas” are not parent eligible, giving little guidance as to what it meant by “abstract idea” other than that the Court was concerned about claims that were too broad and referred us to its prior decisions, especially Diamond v. Diehr, for guidance. Now in Mayo v. Prometheus the Supreme Court does it again, telling us that “laws of nature” are not patent eligible, again giving little guidance as to what it meant by “law of nature” other than that the Court was concerned about claims that were too broad and again referring us to its prior decisions, especially Diamond v. Diehr, for guidance. More …. Three dimensional printing or “additive manufacturing”, which can be used to build or print a three dimensional object in response to computer instructions, poses interesting issues in terms of how intellectual property rights might be enforced and monetized. Reprinted from the March 2012 issue of Intellectual Property Magazine. US Stop Online Piracy Act Under Siege? The Stop Online Piracy Act elicited a vociferous reaction from all sides: a tool to bring rampant online piracy to heal or an attack on free speech and the very integrity of the Internet? Reprinted from the February 2012 issue of Intellectual Property Magazine. Ladas & Parry is pleased to announce the publication by John Wiley of a new book entitled “Intellectual Property Operations & Implementation in the 21st Century Corporation” edited by Lanning Bryer, Scott Lebson and Matthew Asbell of the firm’s New York office. This book, the second in a two-part series, includes contributions from a roster of renowned industry experts from both in-house and private practice. The first book, “Intellectual Property Strategies for the 21st Century Corporation”, was released earlier this year. More …. |
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