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LADAS & PARRY AND IN-HOUSE COUNSEL AT PPG INDUSTRIES ENJOY A GOLF OUTING AT ONPAR NOW IN PITTSBURGH, PA
On Tuesday June 12, 2023 certain partners and associates of Ladas & Parry enjoyed a fun-filled outing with the in-house IP and corporate counsel of PPG Industries at On Par Now: a state of the art indoor golf facility in Pittsburgh,...
Read Article AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THE WTR ON THE TOPIC OF GENERICNESS & GRUYERE CHEESE IS NOW AVAILABLE ON THE LADAS.COM WEBSITE
An article about genericness and Gruyere cheese titled: “Fourth Circuit Confirms that ‘Gruyere’ is Generic for Cheese”, was recently published in the World Trademark Review. The article was written by Ladas attorneys Dennis Prahl, Edward...
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Fourth Circuit Confirms That ‘Gruyere’ is Generic for Cheese
Background The appellants, Interprofession du Gruyère and Syndicat Interprofessionnel du Gruyère, are two consortiums, Swiss and French, that regulate use of the term ‘gruyere’ to refer only to cheeses produced in the Gruyère district of...
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J. Richards Article about Copyright Protection for Works Resulting from Some Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the U.S. is Now Available
17 USC 102(a) provides copyright protection for original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with...
Read Article Copyright Protection for Works Resulting From Some Use of Artificial Intelligence in the United States
17 USC 102(a) provides copyright protection for original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with...
Read Article GRUYERE CHEESE IS GRUYERE CHEESE…EVEN IN THE UNITED STATES
On March 3rd, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Virginia upheld a ruling that cheese labeled GRUYERE can be used to legally describe cheese made from outside the Gruyere region of Switzerland and France. It said...
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