I was invited to post a response on the Opinio Juris international law blog to an article written by Robert C. Bird (U. Connecticut) and Peggy Chaudhry (Villanova). Their article, ” Pharmaceuticals and the European Union: Managing Gray Markets in an Uncertain Legal Environment” was published by the Virginia Journal of International Law. The article [...]
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Trademarks & Gray Market Pharmaceutical Law in the E.U.
April 16, 2010More Shape Trademarks
September 16, 2009Special thanks to my friend in Athens, Ga., Marc Lazar, for pointing out additional shape trademark possibilities. I have expanded the archive of these fascinating products. Note: The product image is followed by the issued trademark.
Bud Light’s Trademark Fiasco
September 16, 2009I came across a recent post on an ip blog that does a nice job describing the trademark issues surrounding beer cans using university colors.
Google Obtains Design Patent For Its Website
September 4, 2009For some time now, I have noticed how Google has obtained several design patents for its website and user interface. See below. They also recently applied for and obtained a new design patent for the layout of search results. Click here to see it. A design patent is not your typical patent, and it only [...]
Louis Vuitton Wins a $32 Million Trademark Judgment
September 2, 2009That’s a pretty big sum for a trademark infringement case, litigated in a federal court in Northern California. What is interesting is it wasn’t levied against some knock off artists directly. Instead, the charge was contributory infringement (kind of like aiding and abetting) against web site hosts that allowed fake L.V. hand bags to be [...]
Judge Sotomayor has strong intellectual property background
May 30, 2009President Obama’s Supreme Court Justice nominee, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, has ruled on important intellectual property cases in the past. This is a good thing, since the U.S. Supreme Court has recently re-shaped intellectual property law, and adding an Justice with experience in this area is important for future cases dealing with the law of innovation. [...]
Lecture in Munich
May 13, 2009Next week I’ll visit Munich, labeled as one of most beautiful cities in Europe to present a paper and lecture at the Max Planck’s Munich Intellectual Property Law Center (MIPLC). The subject of the talk is patent advocacy before the U.S. Supreme Court. My co-author James Conley and I have measured the patent advocacy of [...]
