Former NBA basketball star Michael Jordan has won back the rights to his last name in China, as written in Chinese characters.  On December 8th, a Chinese high court determined that Qiaodan Sports, a sportswear company with around 6,000 stores in...

On December 6th, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Samsung v. Apple that when considering the basis for awarding damages based on the profits from infringing a design patent, it is not necessary to base these damages on the profit made on the...

Ladas partner Sebastian Lovera Riso attended the  XIX Work Sessions and Administrative Council of ASIPI Conference.  The conference was held from December 4 to 7, 2016 in Buenos Aires,...

On December 2, 2016, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the en banc decision of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Lexmark v. Impression. The Federal Circuit held that, unlike the situation in U.S. copyright law, there...

Ladas & Parry partner Janet Cord attended the Intellectual Property Owners Education Foundation 9th Annual Awards Dinner in Washington DC on December 6th. The foundation is a non-profit organization which is dedicated to improving IP rights...

Ladas & Parry LLP is proud to sponsor INTA’s 2017 Ladas Memorial Award Competition in honor of the outstanding contributions to international IP law made by distinguished practitioner and 2013 IP Hall of Fame inductee, Stephen P. Ladas. The...