Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Laws

Around Christmas 2024, the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions ("DFI") left a lump of coal in marketplace consumer lenders' proverbial stockings by issuing guidance that asserted a license...

Around Christmas 2024, the Ohio Division of Financial Institutions ("DFI") left a lump of coal in marketplace consumer lenders' proverbial stockings by issuing guidance that asserted...

Illinois is making important changes to the scope of the state's Collection Agency Act and the reach of its collection agency licensing obligation.

This case addresses whether the district court abused its discretion in awarding attorneys' fees to Google under 35 U.S.C.

Congress rang in the new year by unveiling a three-bill minibus funding package that rejects many of the administration's proposed space and science cuts, the White House published an EO threatening restrictions on defense contractor spending and NASA put the throttles forward on an infrastructure overhaul.

For CEOs, general counsels, and CTOs, the question is no longer whether patents matter. The question is whether the company has an intentional strategy to identify, capture, and deploy intellectual property in alignment with product and corporate goals.

In Game Plan, Inc. v. Uninterrupted IP, LLC, No. 2024-1407 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 10, 2025), the Federal Circuit affirmed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's (TTAB)...

In In re: Bayou Grande Coffee Roasting Co., No. 24-1118 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 9, 2025), the Federal Circuit reversed the TTAB's determination that use of the mark "KAHWA" for identifying...

The Federal Circuit, in In re: Bayou Grande Coffee Roasting Co. clarified the existence of a new ground of refusal and the applicability of the doctrine of foreign equivalents.

The Federal Circuit recently confirmed the importance of properly identifying the trade secrets underlying a claim under the Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act ("OUTSA") [Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1333.61 et seq.].

The Federal Circuit recently confirmed the importance of properly identifying the trade secrets underlying a claim under the Ohio Uniform Trade Secrets Act ("OUTSA") [Ohio Rev. Code §§ 1333.61 et seq.].

In the latest episode of the Mintz On Air: Practical Policies podcast, Member Jen Rubin is joined by Member Paul Huston for an unscripted conversation about the growing challenge of protecting...