Education Center
DESIGN PATENT PROTECTION FOR REPLACEMENT PARTS
The fight between insurers and car manufacturers as to whether and, if so how, to protect the design of spare parts for cars delayed the implementation of an EU regulation on design protection for well over a decade and ended in an uneasy...
Read Article
ARTICLE BY JOHN RICHARDS ABOUT DESIGN PATENT PROTECTION FOR REPLACEMENT AUTO PARTS IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE EDUCATION CENTER
In July, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the case of Automotive Body Parts Association v. Ford Global Technologies, LLC agreed with car manufacturers that aesthetic functionality and exceptions in infringement law for patent auto...
Read Article
ARTICLE ABOUT THE MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO COPYRIGHT HOLDERS IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE EDUCATION CENTER
The Music Modernization Act (MMA) became law on October 11, 2018, which brought powerful changes to U.S. Copyright laws. An article by Jose Landivar entitled, “The Music Modernization Act: A Primer for Copyright Holders” explains the impact this...
Read ArticleTHE MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT: A PRIMER FOR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
On October 11, 2018, the Music Modernization Act (MMA) was signed into law resulting in one of the most significant legislative changes to the copyright law in the United States in the last 50 years. The bipartisan legislation, which was written by...
Read Article
ON JUNE 14, 2019 THE US COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT HELD THAT SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY DOES NOT APPLY TO STATE AGENCIES NOR INDIAN TRIBES IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEIR PATENTS FROM CHALLENGE
On June 14th, in Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LSI Corporation, the Federal Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals reached the same conclusion as was given in a similar case back in 2018 that Native American tribes do not get Sovereign...
Read ArticleU.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT HAS HELD THAT NEITHER STATE AGENCIES NOR INDIAN TRIBES ENJOY SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY, WHICH WOULD PROTECT THEIR PATENTS FROM CHALLENGE IN THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD OF THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
Introduction On July 20, 2018 in Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe, Allergan, Inc. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Dyk, Moore and Reyna JJ) held that Native American (“Indian”) Tribes...
Read Article