What exactly is obvious? Patent attorneys and independent inventors alike are aware of the standards of patentability; the invention must be (1) new, (2) useful, and (3) non-obvious. Common sense
This morning I went down to the studios of WBFO 88.7 radio station to record the next installment of the You & the Law radio series. This program is featured
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
Trademark law is a staple of any intellectual property attorney’s practice, and should be a topic most independent inventors or business owners are at least familiar with. It is highly
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,
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
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
Registering a trademark can be vital to competing in the competition laden world of wine making. In fact, trademarks expand well beyond the wine industry into the alcohol industry as
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
