On March 9, 2022, McDonald's announced it would be temporarily closing over 800 locations in Russia. Three days later, a trademark application was submitted to the Russian Federal Service for Intellectual Property for a logo with familiar arches and recognizable color...
Month: March 2022
Defense Research Institute Intellectual Property Conference 2022 – Houston, TX
I am writing to you from Houston, TX this week. I spent the past few days attending a Defense Research Institute (DRI) conference on Intellectual Property Litigation here. For two days, I have listened to speakers and watched presentations about copyright,...
Copyright Infringement at the Winter Olympics: House of the Rising Sun
What do you imagine when you hear “Winter Olympics”? Steep hills of snow, racers on skis, lyrical ice skaters… And copyright infringement? Musicians and brothers Robert and Aron Marderosian – known as the musical artist “Heavy Young Heathens” – are waging a copyright...
What To Do If You Suspect a Patent Infringement
Patent infringement lawsuits are not uncommon. For example, in 2021, chip manufacturing giant Intel was ordered to pay $2.18 billion to VLSI Technology for infringing on eight of that company’s patents. The jury verdict is on appeal by Intel. The award was the third...
Cult Gaia “Ark” Bag: What Makes a Mark Generic or Distinctive?
The fashion world is incredibly focused on iterations, drawing on historical style choices and reusing them over time. Because of this, it is an interesting question to consider what products can be registered as a distinct trademark – and what cannot. If a product...