The Supreme Court today granted the USPTO’s petition to review the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruling that the USPTO’s refusal to register allegedly disparaging marks is a violation of the First Amendment...

Ladas attorney Michael Cornman successfully defended a Woodstock, New York based, not-for-profit radio station, Birds of a Feather Media Limited (BOAF), in a lawsuit brought by Chet-5 Broadcasting, L.P. alleging infringement and unfair competition...

Dennis Prahl’s article entitled, “The Zero Sum Game in the Cola Wars,”  cautions companies looking to market low or no-calorie soft drinks of the potential legal battles they could encounter should they decide to use the term ZERO in...

On June 16, 2016 Vimeo LLC heard the sweet sounds of victory as it won its appeal in a music copyright infringement case (Capitol Records LLC v. Vimeo LLC) filed in 2009, that centered on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).  Vimeo, a...

On Tuesday, June 22, in the case of Immersion Corporation v. HTC, The Federal Circuit on appeal reversed a decision by the Delaware district court, which had held a patent granted on a continuation application to be invalid because the continuation...

The Empire State Building has been in the heart of New York City since 1931 and was recently at the heart of a beer logo in a case heard before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). In the recent case of ESRT Empire State Building, L.L.C. v....