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By: Pamela Rivera Apple was awarded a new patent (U.S. Pat. 8, 965,349) on February 24, 2015, that finally allows for “real-time sharing of interactive applications.”  The patent describes how two devices can now “share applications, or application data, in such a fashion that users of the electronic devices may each see one another’s application […]

By: Pamela Rivera           Patent claims delineate the borders between those exclusive rights afforded to the inventor for his or her ingenuity and the room left for others to promote innovation.  On January 10, 2014, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc., to determine the proper […]

The following note was submitted for the 2012-2013 Georgia State University College of Law Intellectual Property Student Writing Competition. The author received First prize and presented the note at the 2013 Corporate IP Institute conference in Atlanta, GA. Congratulations to Daniel on his outstanding acheivement.             “Covenant with Quality” As a […]

By Evan Garcia The Sixth Circuit recently gave a boost to the “5-hour ENERGY mark.1  In deciding the degree of protection that the mark deserved, the court held that the term was suggestive rather than descriptive because, in isolation, it did not readily convey the qualities of the product.2  The focus of this post is […]

By Blake Farion On August 15, 2012, the Second Circuit decided Scholz Design v. Sard Custom Homes.1  Scholz Design, Inc. (“Scholz”) appealed from the dismissal of its complaint alleging copyright infringement against Sard Custom Homes, LLC (“Sard”).2  The Second Circuit reversed the ruling, stating that Scholz’s architectural drawings qualified for copyright protection.3 Factual Background Scholz […]

By Blake Farion On September 5, 2012, the Second Circuit ruled on Louboutin v. Yves Saint Laurent, the “red-sole shoe” case.1  Louboutin had obtained a trademark for red soles on a shoe and sought to preliminarily enjoin Yves Saint Laurent from marketing shoes also bearing red soles.  The decision decided Christian Louboutin’s (“Louboutin”) appeal of […]

By Geoff Kraemer On July 20, 2012, Craigslist, the website known for providing free classifieds, sued 3Taps Inc. and Padmapper Inc., alleging both copyright and trademark infringement.1 Copyright In its complaint, Craigslist alleged that 3Taps actually “scrapes” content directly from the Craigslist website, and posts the content in the exact same format on 3Taps’ website, […]

By Eugene Sisman On August 16 2012, the Federal Circuit once again ruled on Association for Molecular Pathology v. U.S.P.T.O., the so called Myriad case.1 The U.S Supreme Court vacated that court’s earlier decision to uphold the patentability of isolated DNA encoding breast cancer type 1 susceptibility protein (“BRCA1”) and breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein […]