Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Get to the Point | Short paragraphs produce more readable documents. The post How Long Is a Paragraph? appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Worldwide IP filings increased by 3.6% in 2021, according to a report published November 21 by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The increase came during a turbulent time for the world economy, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as a global economic downturn. The biggest increase in patent filings was in Asia, where 67.6% of worldwide patent applications were filed.

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InHouseBlog

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

By Jay Pattamundi, Esq. For applicants considering filing for a trademark, an important criterion for granting registration is the legal standard of “likelihood of confusion.” Accordingly, the trademark examining attorney can refuse a trademark application under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. §1052(d) on the basis that the applicant’s mark, “as used on or in connection with the specified goods or services, so resembles a registered mark as to be likely to cause confusion.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Bill Gates said, “The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency.” There are few industries that can benefit more from automation than legal. . Running a proficient law firm requires consistent drafting, editing, and sharing of documentation. Lawyers can automate many of these necessary but non-billable tasks by relying on legal document automation software. .

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Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?

Attorney at Work

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Gray Robinson | Wouldn’t it be great if you could flip a switch when you experience stress and anxiety, and they quickly and easily went away? The post 5 Techniques for Instant Stress Relief appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

On November 23, sportswriter Michael Bynum and his publishing label Epic Sports filed a motion for leave to file a second amended complaint and a proposed second amended complaint in the Southern District of Texas. The filings seek to revive copyright infringement claims filed by Bynum against employees at Texas A&M University for their roles in unauthorized distributions of Bynum’s biography of E.

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The Barrister

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

A common misconception novice attorneys make is trial practice is dead and pre-trial settlement is king. However, that belief is statistically incorrect. Regardless of the practice area, an attorney will likely go to trial at least once during their career. South Carolina, nearly twenty-one thousand jury trials are pending in circuit courts. [1] In contrast, nearly one thousand mediations are pending statewide.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

This process has increased the number of intake forms our firm has received, and the information we get is much more helpful. The post Form Builders: Create Online Client Intake Forms for Your Law Firm appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Last September, a bipartisan pair of Senators introduced the Pride in Patent Ownership Act, which, if passed, would add greatly-needed transparency to our patent system. The legislation would require patent owners to disclose their identity to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) when a patent issues and whenever it changes hands so that members of the public have easy access to information about who the true owners of patents are.

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Don't be the one to embarrass yourself at the big firm holiday party. That lamp does not go with those shoes. The post Five Mistakes When Dressing for the Firm Holiday Party appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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Speaker: Andrew Klein

Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!

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Attorney at Work

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The time has come to gird your loins and make provision for the breathless marathon ahead. The post Gird Yourself for the Holiday Season! appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

On November 23, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the U.S. Copyright Office published a joint notice of inquiry in the Federal Register announcing that the two agencies would be collaborating on a study regarding intellectual property legal issues related to digital assets known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The announcement follows the dramatic rise in mainstream attention on NFTs due to their wildly fluctuating value, which has in turn created a great amount of confusion surrou

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In a webinar hosted today by the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), the organization’s founders, Andrei Iancu and David Kappos, both former Directors of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), spoke with former U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Gary Locke, about the increased skepticism surrounding a plan to extend the waiver of intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines under the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) to COVID-19 diagnostic

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court will this Friday, December 2, consider whether to grant certiorari in the case of Centripetal Networks Inc. v. Cisco Systems Inc. What began as a patent infringement case has swerved into judicial ethics waters, due to the ruling of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. The cert decision holds significant consequences, particularly for patent owners and inventors who find themselves the target of patent infringement, sue to assert their patent rights, and whom patent infri

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Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor

Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.

IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A group of 25 experts in intellectual property law sent a letter to Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Jonathan Kanter today in support of a business review letter that the group said, “represented a legally sound and evidence-based approach in applying antitrust law to innovative commercial institutions.” The letter is also a response to an earlier letter sent to Kanter on October 17, 2022, by 28 former government enforcement officials, professors, and public interest advocates that urged the AAG

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential opinion affirming a district court order that struck parts of an infringement expert report and also granted summary judgment of non-infringement to Valve Corporation. The CAFC held that it is proper to strike expert testimony that did not rely on the agreed upon claim construction adopted by the district court.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) last week denied a petition requesting mandamus relief to vacate the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) grant of a request for ex parte reexamination of Sound View Innovations’ U.S. Patent No. 6,708,213 by DISH Network LLC. The '213 patent covers a "Method for Streaming Multimedia Information Over Public Networks.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Following the denial of Juno Therapeutics’ petition to the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month, Juno last week petitioned the High Court for rehearing, arguing that the grant of certiorari in Amgen v. Sanofi warrants reconsideration. Juno explained that the issues presented in the Amgen case “are tightly related, and the outcome in Amgen is likely to at least affect, if not be outcome-determinative of, this case.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 2, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: Amici urge the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to Reject Attempts to Curb Delaware Chief Judge’s Litigation Funding Rules; the U.S. Court of Federal Claims rules that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention breached transfer agreements with Gilead Sciences in obtaining patents to HIV treatment that the agency has asserted against Gilead; the High Court of Delhi issues an order indicating that Telegram has disclosed IP addresses of copyr

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court will this Friday, December 2, consider whether to grant certiorari in the case of Centripetal Networks Inc. v. Cisco Systems Inc. What began as a patent infringement case has swerved into judicial ethics waters, due to the ruling of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. The cert decision holds significant consequences, particularly for patent owners and inventors who find themselves the target of patent infringement, sue to assert their patent rights, and whom patent infri

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The Barrister

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

While the average person might immediately think of criminal issues such as murder when the topic of death and the law is mentioned, death and the law interact in a variety of ways. From the civil side such as probate matters dealing with a decedent’s estate to criminal issues such as homicide, the issue of death appears in the law. A search of the word “death” in the S.C.

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The Barrister

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The average trial lawyer will deal with evidence. As sure as the sun will rise, water is wet, evidence will play an issue at least once in every trial lawyer’s life. So how do you master this issue? After all, evidence is a brutal subject in law school. Ask any law student to explain hearsay, and you’ll get so many different answers your head will spin.

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Speaker: Andrew Klein

Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.