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Intellectual property under attack by secret Chinese military unit

  • Briggs and Morgan
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 19 2013

Does this sound like a Michael Crichton novel? We can only hope. Several news agencies are reporting on a study released by Mandiant, an American

IP is so exhausting!

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
  • -
  • February 6 2013

An important, and often overlooked, question involving intellectual property rights is, "When are the rights of IP owners exhausted?" When you buy a

Protect your IP: hashing your passwords

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 20 2012

The legal system provides civil litigation as a means for vindicating IP rights that have been violated

Escape the marking trolls

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 24 2010

A recent decision by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals creates significant new risks for patent holders

Facebook's vanity usernames pose new threat to trademark owners

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • Global
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  • June 16 2009

On June 13, 2009, Facebook began accepting registrations for vanity URLs (web addresses

New USPTO standard offers enhanced opportunity for third-party protest of trademarks

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 30 2009

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has introduced a new standard of review for Letters of Protest, now allowing third parties to introduce evidence before a federal trademark registration is issued, avoiding the delay involved with having to file a formal Opposition

The PRO-IP Act: greater protection for trademark and copyright owners

  • Briggs and Morgan
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 30 2009

The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2008 (PRO-IP Act) became law on October 13, 2008

Injunctions in patent cases

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
  • -
  • March 18 2009

Recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals have renewed interest in the availability of injunctions in patent cases

The patentability of processes

  • Briggs and Morgan
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 24 2008

The Federal Circuit has issued a long-awaited decision on the patentability of processes

Resurrecting the need for attorneys' opinions

  • Briggs and Morgan
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  • USA
  • -
  • November 20 2008

In 2004, the Federal Circuit eliminated the negative inference that arose if an alleged patent infringer did not obtain, or rely on, an attorney's opinion in defense of a claim of willful infringement