On August 7, 2017, Thailand acceded to the Madrid Protocol and this change took effect on November 7, 2017, allowing: • holders of existing International Registrations based on applications or registrations for trademarks outside of Thailand to...

Ladas attorney John Richards held a webinar entitled, “U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on Patents, 2016-2017.” on August 16th and 17th. Mr. Richards discussed the following cases: Apple Inc, v. Samsung, Life Technologies v. Promega, SCA...

It is with great sadness that we note the death of our retired partner Malcolm Parry at the age of 96. Malcolm graduated from Yale in 1943 and joined the Army Air Corps fighting in the South Pacific in World War II. After the war he obtained his...

On July 4, 2017 the .AFRICA domain name became available for registration by the general public on a first come, first served...

Ladas attorney Matthew Asbell assisted Time Inc. in successfully updating two longstanding U.S. trademark registrations up for renewal, where the goods and services changed as a result of evolved...

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in In Re Tam, holding that the prohibition of disparaging marks from registration by the USPTO is an unconstitutional violation of Free...