The American Inventor’s Protection Act (AIPA) was passed in 1999 and added § 154(d) to title 35 of the United States Code, which provides a remedy for patent applicants for post-publication, pre-issuance patent infringement.…
Primaries are not the only thing Donald Trump has been winning as of late, and we have the United States Patent and Trademark Office to thank for that. On November…
The entertainment industry is as much defined by its technology as by the writers, performers, and producers that comprise it. Although it is clear from today’s 3D Imax mega-theaters that…
The size of the video game industry has expanded greatly from the early 2000s to the present. There are more games being released and sold today than ever before. However,…
One of the biggest new trends in digital applications is daily fantasy sports. Dominated by two leading companies, DraftKings and FanDuel, the daily fantasy sports industry swelled in size in…
Nestle’s long battle to have the shape of their Kit-Kat bars receive trademark protection in the European Union has once again hit an obstacle. Previously, the advocate general of the…
“Patent Troll,” or Non-Practicing Entity (NPE), is a derogatory term used to label people or companies that exploit patents as a business strategy. A patent troll acquires patents to make…
David Shields is the bestselling author of twenty books, including The Thing About Life Is That One Day You’ll Be Dead, and Reality Hunger: A Manifesto, which was named one of…
The Bluebook describes itself as a “unique system of citation” on which “generations of law students, lawyers, scholars, judges, and other legal professionals have relied.” One NYU Law professor is…
Catch phrases such as “male allies,” “imposter syndrome,” and “implicit bias” were abound as over twenty-five women gathered in a New York University School of Law classroom to attend a…