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May 9, 2014
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We’ve been busy in recent weeks writing lots of new articles for our two blogs. “Blogging Beyond” brings you, two or three times each week, my take on important legal news in the field of intellectual property protection. Every once in a while, something really gets under my skin and I write a post for […]
> read moreDecember 5, 2013
Patenting Long-Held Trade Secrets Just Got Easier
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) which went into effect in March contains a little-discussed provision that could greatly strengthen the value and patentability of long-held trade secrets. In published notes on the new law, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has indicated that it will no longer consider secret sales and secret use of […]
> read moreDecember 5, 2013
Should Software APIs Be Subject to Copyright Protection?
It makes no sense to me that software APIs should be protectable IP. They are far more like the chapter titles and tables of contents in books and magazine articles than the contents of those books and articles themselves. But a Federal Circuit Judge seems ready to overrule a lower court and declare APIs can […]
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Fast-Tracking TPP is a Bad Idea
The Obama Administration seems intent on fast-tracking the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Treaty and I’m opposed to that idea. The treaty appears to have a number of provisions on Intellectual Property that are downright dangerous. One of the big pitfalls is some language that would further restrict the definition of “fair use” of copyrighted materials. That […]
> read moreNovember 10, 2013
Sequeltech Law and Jeff Berkman Team Up
Sequeltech Law and the firm of Jeff Berkman are now jointly acting on IP and corporate matters for mutual clients in NY, DC, Northern Virginia, and New Jersey. The two firms have worked together on cases in the past but the new relationship involves sharing physical office space in New York City as well as […]
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