United States: PTO Proposes Increasing Patent Fees

United States: PTO Proposes Increasing Patent Fees

Increases in patent fees have been suggested, according to the US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO). Inflation would result in a general 5% rise in patent fees. In order to lessen the amount that other charge sources subsidize certain fees, some rates would be raised by a significant amount more than the 5% inflationary rise. For instance, a 27% rise in filing, search, and examination costs plus a 76% increase in the issue fee would result in a 48% total [...]

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Prince Harry and Princess Meghan continues to encounter new trademark problem in England

The prince and princess, as well as head of states, powerful countries around the world are not above intellectual property rights. This is a fact established in the modern era of 21st century. This is further proved recently as the former ‘Princess of England’ was in the press again with a new update on the trademark dispute “Archetypes”. When Meghan Markle sought to trademark the word “Archetypes” in 2022, the duchess made a splash in several international newspapers. However, considering [...]

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The world’s most valuable brands in 2022

Brand Finance, one of the world’s leading brand valuation companies, recently published the Global 500 report on the world’s most valuable brands in 2022. In which, the Top 10 most valuable brands in the world will be listed in the article below. Given the elusive nature of brands, determining a brand’s financial value is a particularly difficult task. However, although invisible, brands play a very important role in promoting the profit value of the whole company. Sticking to this target, Brand [...]

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A different point of view on the necessity of patent

Elon Musk is recognized as one of the greatest geniuses in the history of the world with a mammoth fortune. Most people regard Elon Musk as an entrepreneur and an inventor with outstanding, out-of-the-box ideas that are the foundation of his success today. However, despite such success with all of his creations such as SpaceX, Tesla, X.com, Zip2, Neuralink, etc., Musk has an interesting view of the intellectual property system, specifically in terms of patents and inventions. “Patents are for [...]

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International conflict: Cochlear implant systems patent case between the United States and Australia

An Australian biotech company Cochlear and the University of Pittsburgh have gone to battle it out in an American court over patent infringement. The University of Pittsburgh is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the university’s central administration and around 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Cochlear is a medical device company that designs, manufactures, and supplies the Nucleus cochlear implant, [...]

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Michael Jackson copyrighted his unique 45-degree stance?

Michael Jackson – an icon of the world music industry has long passed away, but his songs and dances still exist over the years. Music like Smooth Criminal, Beat it, Thriller, etc. will be protected under US copyright law as well as international copyright conventions and treaties such as the Berne Convention. However, is this artist’s 45-degree vertical angle protected by copyright as for the songs above? About Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, and died [...]

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International IP conflict: Wolfoo Vietnam v. Peppa Pig UK

On August 19, 2022, Sconnect Vietnam filed a lawsuit against Entertainment One UK Limited (EO) for copyright infringement on Sconnect’s Wolfoo cartoon to the Hanoi People’s Court of Vietnam. Not only that, the big company also filed a lawsuit to the Moscow Court in Russia, despite the tension within this country’s jurisdiction in these times. Few notes about Sconnect Vietnam Sconnect is a Vietnam-based enterprise with the business of producing educational and entertainment videos and cartoons on YouTube, Facebook, and Tiktok [...]

How to maintain the validity of your trademarks in the US

How to maintain the validity of your trademarks in the US

Once you have received the trademark protection, you must take a few important steps to maintain it. Your trademark must first be used commercially. Additionally, to demonstrate that you are still using your trademark, you must file specific paperwork on a regular basis. Your registration will expire or be canceled, or your extension of protection to the United States would be void if you fail to provide these papers by the deadline (if you filed via WIPO under the [...]

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New Facebook trademark infringement case

Facebook Meta has once again made the headline in newspaper outlets around the world, not for anything good apparently. This is because another company with the Meta name has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against the giant technology company of Mark Zuckerberg. Justin Bolognino – the owner of a small business called METAx LLC expressed his sadness at the news that Facebook has changed its name to Meta back on October 28th, 2021.  According to Mr. Bolognino, he had built his [...]

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Elon Musk’s conflict over snack food trademark

Elon Musk is not known for being the leading pioneer in the snack and the food industry. However, a few years ago, one of his companies – The Boring Company (TBC – Elon Musk) entered into a small conflict over the snack food trademark with another company called The Boring Company (LLC). The 2 companies with a similar name but with entirely different fields of operation have clashed in a trademark battle that will be explained in the article. On [...]

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