On June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., No. 20-440, 2021 U.S. LEXIS 3563 (June 29, 2021) that inventors may challenge the validity of patents they assigned under…
By Ivan Blomqvist. Junior Lawyer.
In 2017, AM General LLC known for manufacturing the military vehicle known as the Humvee, sued Activision Blizzard, Inc., citing that Activision closely copied the design of the vehicle for several issues of the…
By Ivan Blomqvist. Junior Lawyer.
Perhaps the most widely applied test for protecting free speech, which is found under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, in matters of trademark law.
This test spawns from…
By Manuel Lobato. Patents Lawyer.
Background of the case
The young Austrian Maximiliano Schrems – law student and resident in Ireland – made a complaint in 2011 to the Irish Commissioner for Data Protection against the social network Facebook, for…
If you’re reading this article, you will have received a notification of provisional refusal by a pre-registered Chinese or American TM holder who thinks your international trademark application is infringing on their IP rights. Here,…
