So long Ed BlawgReview creator
I just received information through tweets sent out over the @BlawgReview Twitter feed Ed, the anonymous editor of Blawg Review, has died. Ed was short for Editor. Dear Blawg Review Community, I am the son of Ed, writing today with a heavy heart to inform you of his passing after a courageous battle with […]
Apple wins patent lawsuit over WiLAN
A federal jury in a patent-infringement trial, ruled Apple Inc. didn’t infringe Wi-Lan Inc patents. There were two patents at issue: no. RE37,802 that covers CDMA and HSPA data transmission, and no. 5,282,222 for a method for allowing a number of wireless transceivers to exchange information (data, voice or video) with each other. Wi-Lan Inc […]
TTAB: wine trademark PRÊT À BOIRE not generic
It seems to me that a description of a characteristic of the wine that is commonly used to describe wine that is “ready to drink” should not be protectable by trademark registration. Even though the examiner in this case thought the Mark shouldn’t be registered the TTAB granted the trademark PRÊT À BOIRE to Amuse […]
Free Educational seminar: trademark law and the wine industry
I am looking forward to taking a ride to wine trail country in Geneva, New York to talk about trademarks. Buffalo trademark attorney Barbara Piazza and I are scheduled to present a complementary educational seminar on trademark law and how it relates to the wine industry. This seminar is an extension of our educational blog […]
Business First of Buffalo “2013 Legal Elite Awards”
The 2013 Legal Elite of Western New York will be featured in the Business First of Buffalo when it hits newsstands tomorrow, but was previewed today on the Business First of Buffalo homepage. Buffalo Law Journal and the Buffalo Business First announced today that “We (Business First of Buffalo) received a record number of nominations […]
The Library of New York Civil Discovery Forms
About the Book The “Library of New York Civil Discovery Forms” by the New York Law Journal Press, is a useful, time-saving, and no-nonsense resource that any attorney would be wise to have in their office. The Book’s 14 Chapters explore areas of civil discovery including: Authorizations Subpoenas Discovery Demands and Responses Discovery Objections Depositions, […]
USPTO now allows full patent downloads
The USPTO announced on Friday that it has upgraded the Patent Full Text and Image Database to PDF-file formatted images instead of TIFF images. All I can say is that it’s about time. For as long as I can remember the United States Patent and Trademark Office webpage was archaic and very difficult to work […]
Trouble for E-Bay’s Predictive Search Method
As many of you already know, many internet search engines utilize a search system which attempts to predict what you are searching for after you have only typed a few letters. For example, after typing –intelle– into a Google search, a myriad of potential search options appear including intellectual property, intellectual ventures, and intellect. A […]
Intellectual Property Licensing: Forms and Analysis
Licensing out Intellectual property can turn into a bit of a headache for even the most experienced patent attorney, let alone an independent inventor. Richard Raysman, Seth Ostrow, Kenneth Adler and Edward Pisacreta tackled this issue in their book Intellectual Property Licensing: Forms and Analysis. When asked about the purpose behind writing the book, author […]
A Love for Wine Runs in the LoTempio Family
At the LoTempio family reunion last week I had the fortunate experience of discovering my cousin, Ray LoTempio, was in fact a wine connoisseur. After talking about our love of wine, I discovered Ray had recently had an article written about his passion for wine making. After reading the article, I though many of our […]