Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog
Brian Higgins, an attorney with offices in Washington, DC, authors the Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog. Topics discussed includes copyrights, litigation, patents, trade secrets, trademarks and other IP topics.
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Number of Patents Issued to Marylanders Continues Downward Trend
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) records show that for 2008, the PTO granted 1,942 patents naming at least one Maryland resident as an inventor or joint inventor (based on residence addresses supplied by patent applicants to the PTO). That is a 1% decline...
Maryland's Silynx and Norway's Nacre Forge Ahead on Patent Case
Nacre AS v. Silynx Communications, Inc., matter, No. 07-cv-02676, filed Oct. 2, 2007; assigned to J. Williams For those of you following the Nacre AS v. Silynx Communications, Inc., matter (and many of you are, based on traffic on this website), the parties jointly filed a stipulated schedule...
Federal Trademark Trends in Maryland: 2008 Summary
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) records show that in 2008, the PTO received 68 trademark applications from Maryland resident or entities (based on a search of "owner address" records using Trademark Electronic Search System, TESS, database). That...
Upcoming Conference Targets Bio/Pharma Industry
Hat tip to Philip Brooks for noting the upcoming Bio/Pharmaceutical Summit on Intellectual Asset Management Strategies to be held in Baltimore, MD, on January 20-21, 2009. The Summit's organizer, The Center for Business Intelligence (CBI), plans a two-day,...
Copyright Reform?, House IP Committee Nixed, Patent Terms Extended
Calling for Copyright Reform "Given where we are on the patent reform debate, is it time to move patent reform off the table and work on copyright reform?" That is the question posed by Kristie Prinz at the Silicon Valley IP Licensing Law Blog. No More Committee on...
Patent Reform Act of 2008: News, Commentary, and Analysis
Seven weeks after Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) introduced S.3600, the Patent Reform Act of 2008, on September 25, 2008 (source: GovTracks), the reaction has been predictable, with stakeholders on the pro- and anti-reform sides making their views known. The Advanced...
Court Clarifies Patent Eligibility Standard for Inventions Involving Process Steps
In Re Bilski (Fed. Cir.; October 30, 2008) In In Re Bilski, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC, sitting en banc, considered the issue of whether certain so-called business methods and other “processes” are eligible for patent...
Copyright News: PRO-IP law, RIAA setback, DMCA rulemaking
Copyright On October 13, 2008, President Bush signed into law P.L. 110-403, the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights Act of 2008 (also known as the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act or PRO-IP Act). The law creates a cabinet-level position entitled...
MD IP Law Blog Joins Top-Ranked Blawgs
The top 20 law blogs focusing on intellectual property issues, based on “weekly” rankings compiled by Blawgsearch (Justia.com), are shown below. The Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog is ranked 11th (out of a total 183 blogs in the IP category). ...
Man & Machine, Inc. v. Apple, Inc.
Man & Machine, Inc. v. Apple, Inc., No. 8:2008cv02453 (D. Md filed Sep. 18, 2008); assigned to J. Williams Man & Machine, Inc. (M&M), a Maryland company based in Landover, MD, owns the federally registered MIGHTY MOUSE trademark, which,...
