In recent decades, companies around the world have deployed an arsenal of tools-including
IP law, hardware design, software restrictions, pricing strategies, and marketing messages …

When is a design just a design, and when is it a trademark? Over the last several decades,
courts have developed a clear framework for evaluating the distinctiveness of certain …

The legal literature is full of dire empirical assertions about design patents. Commentators
say that the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) rejects around half of all design …

In 1980, the US Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) radically redefined what
counts as a patentable" design for an article of manufacture." 1 In In re Zahn, it held that …

In June 2021, the United States Supreme Court held, in TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez,'that
plaintiffs lack standing to assert claims for statutory damages under the Fair Credit Reporting …

To earn patent protection, a claimed product design must be" nonobvious." Yet while
nonobviousness has been described as" the heart" and" cornerstone" of the utility patent …

The current low-IP regime in the United States fails to provide adequate protection for
fashion designs. Multiple bills had been proposed in Congress to extend copyright …

Jane Doe was a regular fourteen-year-old girl living in southern Minnesota-until she was
caught" sexting." I Jane had texted a revealing picture of herself to a boy she liked at school …

The book explores the role of public market actors in sustainable and circular economy
innovation and financing. The shift to a circular economy requires active innovation …

There's a new front in the intellectual property (IP) rhetoric wars. In the past, we've seen
inflammatory words like" theft" and" piracy" applied to various acts of infringement. 1 The …