Three-dimensional printing technology continues to be a new frontier of creativity, advancement, and of course, legal issues. The laws surrounding 3D printing have always been a topic of concern, but the discussion took center stage over the last few weeks in an unprecedented way.
If you’re new to the idea of 3D printing, here’s a
As a kid, I loved candy. But as an adult, who happens to be an intellectual property attorney, I still love candy. So you can bet your sweet tooth that I was feeling a sugar rush when I came across a pending application to register the claimed mark shown below:
The application was filed by
-Wes Anderson, Attorney
In the media, misstatements and misunderstandings of trademark law are legion. Even the New York Times counts itself among the latest offenders.
The Old Grey Lady’s recent article about presidential candidate and real estate mogul Donald Trump closed with the following:
Records show just one Goldman employee, a financial adviser in the
-Martha Engel, Attorney
One of the hottest toys during the 2015 holiday season was the hoverboard, and doesn’t that seem about right for this year. I saw my first hoverboard earlier this summer — a guy was walking and holding hands with his girlfriend, as she glided alongside him on the hoverboard. If I were
-Martha Engel, Attorney
Even amid the December hustle and bustle of the holidays, my mind is never very far from trademark and patent issues – especially when getting Christmas songs stuck in my head while shopping for friends and family. I’m prone to get two Christmas songs in particular stuck in my head – Mariah
– Laurel Sutton, Senior Strategist & Linguist at Catchword Brand Name Development
In late September of 2015, tech media worked itself into a frenzy about the launch of an app called Peeple, which was supposed to give everyone the opportunity to rate and review every person you know. “People do so much research
— Jessica Gutierrez Alm, Attorney
As if economy airplane seating wasn’t bad enough, Airbus recently filed a patent application for vertically stacked passenger seating. The proposed seating arrangement is intended to make more efficient use of cabin space. What’s better than someone’s legs pushing into the back of your chair? Someone’s legs dangling above your
– Aaron Keller, Managing Principal, Capsule
Design as a way of thinking is popular enough to have made it into the hallowed halls of McKinsey Consulting. We couldn’t be more pleased to see a discipline we’ve been practicing for one and a half decades featured, it puts our methods and thinking in great
— Jessica Gutierrez Alm, Attorney
“The cloud” can refer to a lot of things, and is frequently a misunderstood concept. While cloud computing can encompass a number of Internet-based functions, in its simplest form, “the cloud” merely refers to the use of remote servers for data storage, processing, and management. Usually, the remote servers are
Jason Voiovich, VP, Marketing, Analytics & Research Services, Logic PD
*This is part 2 of a two-part series on the legal impact of traditional medical devices finding their way to home use. Yesterday, we looked at the broad macro trend of traditional medical technology finding its way into the hands of the average patient. Today