June 1, 2022 - In our last article, we discussed the implications of NFTs and how intellectual property rights could be used to protect them. In this article, we will explore the availability and ...

“Many startups make the mistake of ignoring the value of non-patent intellectual property…. A company’s brand can be immensely valuable in the marketplace.” Although it may seem like the name “startup ...

Despite their strength and versatility, design rights remain underused. As Wässingbo notes, “Maybe one can say that design is often in the shadow of patents, utility patents, and trademarks.” Indeed, ...

Intellectual property attorney, Annalisa Peretti, has taken a multidisciplinary approach to combining fashion law, real estate and creative production. She uses her comprehensive legal and business ...

As we noted in Are Design Patents Missing From Your IP Portfolio, a design patent protects the visual ornamental characteristics of an article and can be an important part of a company’s patent ...

Global competitiveness now depends on how firms design international structures. In fact, corporate architecture and intangible assets shape strategy as much as products.

Advocate General Nicholas Emiliou has delivered his opinion in the case Deity Shoes, S.L. v Mundorama Confort, S.L. and another (Case C 323/24). The case considers whether a footwear design made by ...

The last year or so has brought much needed change to the business of intellectual property (IP). Where before, common wisdom held that the IP business was a cottage industry, this perception is now ...

System-on-a-chip (SoC) design is a complex effort that encompasses many disciplines, from circuit design to thermal management to testing. When working with a design library from a particular ASIC ...

Those dictated essentially by technical or functional considerations to obtain a technical result; Those which are mere schemes of surface ornamentations existing separately from the industrial ...