The USPTO implemented a program in March 2017 to audit trademark maintenance and renewal filings for the purpose of ensuring that trademark registrations were not being maintained in connection with goods and services for which the marks are no...

On January 12, 2018 Scott Lebson served as a Negotiation Observer for the Intensive Transactional Lawyering Program (ITRANS) at Cardozo Law...

Proprietors of websites that host user generated content and online search engines and directories have long benefitted from the safe harbors available to them under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). These safe harbors immunize them from...

An article by Matthew Asbell and John Heinbockel entitled, “Generic Top Level Domains May Not Be Generic,” that first appeared in the World Trademark Review (WTR) is now available in our Education...

An article by George Sciarrino and Matthew Asbell entitled, “The Designer Formerly Known As…Intellectual Property Issues Arising from Personal Names as Fashion Brands” has been published in the November-December 2017 issue of the International...

An article by John Richards entitled, “Misuse of Patent Law to Address Misuse of Patents” was recently published in the January 2018 online edition of Financier...