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Cease and Desist Letters Need to Balance Effectiveness While Considering Consequences
Letters demanding that a company “cease and desist” what the sender of the letter deems an infringement of the sender’s intellectual property rights – whether patent, trademark or copyright – are communications primarily to achieve...
Read ArticleAmerican Axle v. Neapco
Introduction On July 31, 2020, in American Axle v. Neapco, the Federal Circuit split 6-6 on the question of whether to grant en banc review of a panel decision on patent eligibility seen by many as an unwarranted extension of the principle that...
Read ArticleTHRYV INC. v. CLICK-TO-CALL TECHNOLOGIES LP
The question of whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has any right to examine a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to institute inter partes review or post grant review, as opposed to...
Read ArticleREMEMBERING TWO OF THE SPOOKIEST HALLOWEEN COPYRIGHT CASES
With Halloween 2020 approaching, we thought it was important to remember two of the spookiest of intellectual property cases, in particular, those copyright cases addressing issues with well-known horror movies. GALLAGHER v. LIONS GATE...
Read ArticleDESIGN 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 ArticleDIVERSITY IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Ladas & Parry LLP considers diversity and inclusion as core values and principles that provide access to opportunity and ensure excellence, particularly in the IP field. We salute those who have helped shape the world and would like to shine a...
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