BUD LITE has introduced a re-closable 16 ounce aluminum bottle branded the “Cool Twist.” The packaging cost Budweiser $150 million in development ...
Accepting intellectual property as collateral: best practices to perfect security interests in patents, trademarks and copyright
In business transactions, company assets are often pledged to secure loans or other financing. In some transactions, the intellectual property is as...
Global Patent Filings Increase
A new WIPO report shows that in 2012 global patent filings increased at their strongest rate in nearly two decades. Industrial-design registration w...
New Year; New Patent Options
The New Year will bring us two new options for accelerating progress of patent applications in a variety of countries. The five largest patent offices...
House Passes Innovation Act
The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 3309 (the Innovation Act). This bill would make dramatic changes to patent enforcement and defense law....
Divorces and Patents – the problem of the Ex-Spouse
Many companies have standard patent assignment agreements that assign employee inventions to the employer. But what if the inventor is married? Or...
Can recipes be patented?
You’ve heard it before: “We make the best!” Be it barbecue sauce or brownies, it seems like everyone claims to have a unique and special food re...
Ideas For TV Series or Movie
Ideas for a television series or a movie are rather difficult to protect under conventional trade secret law. The law does not allow someone to own an...
Software Protection: Many Choices to Protect Your Product or Service
Software and mobile device applications are a booming business. If you discover an unmet need, or a niche that has not yet been exploited, you can lau...
Paris Hilton not Flattered by Imitation
Celebrity socialite Paris Hilton launched a line of fragrances and bath products in 2004. Last year, Perfume Palace unveiled its line of fragrance and...