Author: Erickson Law Group
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I/P Updates Reports GUANTANAMERA Misdiscriptive
“In Corporacion Habanos, S.A. v. Guantanamera Cigars Co., Opposition No. 91152248 (February 29, 2008), the U.S. Trademark trial and Appeal Board sustained an opposition to registration of that mark”GUANTANAMERA” for cigars on the ground that it is primarily geographically deceptively misdescriptive under Section 2(e)(3). . . ” [link]
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IMA Reports on Micrsoft’s New Business Strategy
The fact is that the pace of technological innovation, Gutierrez explains, means that Microsoft realizes it now has to work with others. “At a time when inventions were building upon each other with such rapidity as to render obsolete a company’s most far-sighted product development strategy, it was becoming obvious that the only way to…
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Patents
Do you have an idea for a device, product, machine, computer program, or process? A patent gives the inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling that invention for a set period of time. We can help you determine whether obtaining patent protection is the appropriate vehicle to protect…
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Trademarks
A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others. A service mark is the same as a trademark, except that it identifies and distinguishes the source of a service rather…
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Copyrights
Copyright is a form of protection provided to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. When the work is “fixed in a tangible medium” copyright allows the copyright holder to To reproduce the work in…