Copyright
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The scope of copyright protection for computer programs has proven to be a vexing issue...
Internet Domain Names
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The explosive growth in electronic commerce over the past decade has generated thousands of legal...
Patent & Trademark Office
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Reflections on Management of the PTO (with Linda B. Samuels), Journal of the Patent & Trademark Office Society (1993)
As this is written, the patent and trademark law communities await word as to who...
Trademarks
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During the past year, the courts and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board issued a...
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For nearly forty-three years, Giles Sutherland Rich served as a member of the U.S. Court...
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As usual, this year's trademark decisions covered a wide range of issues, including the registrability...
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The federal courts issued a number of important trademark law decisions this past year revealing...
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International Trademark Treaties and Laws (with James L. Vana), A.B.A. Section on Intellectual Property Law Annual Report (2005)
This Subcommittee prepared the following paper on a circuit-by- circuit review of the issue of...
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The past year's trademark decisions affecting practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office...
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Effective November 2, 2003, U.S. businesses have a streamlined and potentially less expensive means at...
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Scope of Task Force. The Task Force was formed in December 2004 to review various...
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This past year featured a number of significant trademark decisions by the U.S. Court of...
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The past year featured a number of important cases affecting PTO trademark practice. The U.S....
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There were a number of interesting trademark decisions affecting practice before the United States Patent...
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During 2000, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the Trademark Trial...
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Trade dress can be broadly defined as the overall appearance or image of goods or...
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Developments relating to trade dress protection for product designs, “phantom-mark” practice and standing to oppose...
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This past year featured interesting decisions by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and its...
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Noteworthy PTO Trademark Decisions (with Linda B. Samuels), Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (1998)
This article reviews, the decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and the Assistant...
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Significant Recent Trademark Decisions (with Linda B. Samuels), Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (1998)
This article reviews the significant federal cases relating to trademark law over the past year....
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Nineteen ninety-six was an exciting year for U.S. trademark law. The enactment of the Federal...
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As the Lanham Act (“Lanham Act”) passes the half-century mark, it is time for Congress...
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Compared with most national trademark laws, the U.S. trademark statute (“Lanham Act”) affords significant protection...
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The following is a comprehensive overview covering virtually all aspects of practice in the U.S....
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With the internationalization of markets, obtaining, maintaining, and enforcing trademark rights on a multilateral basis...
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Over the past few years, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized body of...
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The following is a comprehensive overview covering virtually all aspects of practice in the U.S....
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Over the long history of United States trademark law, [FN1] few principles were as “black...
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In the year following implementation of the Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988 (the TLRA),...
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In the year following implementation of the Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988 (the TLRA),...
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In the year following implementation of the Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988 (the TLRA),...
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The Trademark Law Revision Act [hereinafter TLRA or the Act] was enacted on November 16,...