Legal checklist for a trademark portfolio audit important for valuation as well
An article at JD Supra recommends if an organization’s management has not performed a trademark(s) audit for a while, it should make it a priority in 2013, as trademark audits identify trouble-laden...
View ArticleGlobal patent filings continue to surge
World Intellectual Property Indicators 2012 shows that patent filings worldwide grew by 7.8% in 2011, exceeding 7% growth for the second year in a row. Similarly, industrial design and trademark...
View ArticleThe top ten USPTO utility patent assignees in 2012
IFI Claims has compiled a list of the most prolific patent organizations in 2012, and, no surprise, IBM again holds the top spot, as it has for 20 years running. Using source data from the USPTO, here...
View ArticleRethinking the strategic position of USPTO’s top utility patent holders
IP Value Wire joined a host of media in reporting the fact that for the 20th year in a row, USPTO granted IBM the most utility patents in 2012, almost 1,400 more than Samsung. But IAM Magazine thinks...
View ArticleUSPTO publishes final rules and guidance to implement first-inventor-to-file...
Yesterday the USPTO published final rules and guidance in the Federal Register implementing the first-inventor-to-file provision. This provision becomes effective on March 16, 2013....
View ArticleWhat is patent quality?
The question about what is meant by a reference to patent “quality” is asked often. Bart van Wezenbeek writing in Rubicon Personal IP has offered a definition. Here’s an outline. A quality patent...
View ArticleIs patent quality suffering from the improved efficiency at USPTO?
A paper by Christopher Cotropia, Cecil Quillen, Jr., and Ogden Webster, published by the University of Richmond School of Law, suggests patent application and backlog data have two edges. On the one...
View ArticleApple denied registration of IPAD Mini as a trademark
If one owns the rights to the “iPod Nano” and “iPod Mini” trademarks, one would think registering for IPAD Mini would be routine. One would be wrong. The USPTO examiner felt: “The term ‘IPAD’ is...
View ArticleUSPTO reverses itself on iPAD mini trademark request
Last week we reported on the bizarre rejection of Apple’s trademark request for iPAD MINI. Now it appears someone higher-up also looked at the reasoning with incredulity and overruled that...
View ArticleMyriad argued before the U.S. Supreme Court
On 04/15/2013 the United States Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics. For background information, see previous IP Value Wire coverage. The American Bar...
View ArticleThe history of the development of intellectual property rights captured in...
BackStory is a podcast (and a radio program) that attempts to bring an historical perspective to events happening around us today. What is happening with intellectual property has not escaped the...
View ArticleNew USPTO tool makes it easier for public to see if their trademark is unique
On or about Saturday, August 24, 2013, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will be adding an optional tool to the regular Trademark Electronic Application System (TEAS) application form (i.e.,...
View ArticleInformation about patent application initiatives now centralized on USPTO...
A centralized listing of major Patent Application Initiatives is now available via the USPTO website that provides applicants with access to information on several patent initiatives designed to...
View ArticleUSPTO plans to stay open during a government shutdown
USPTO issued a bulletin on their status in the event there is a federal government “shutdown” on October 1. USPTO Operation Status In the event of a general government shutdown on October 1, 2013, the...
View ArticleFederal Circuit reminds USPTO of proper procedures for preserving the rights...
USPTO’s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) held invalid various claims in U.S. Patent No. 6,260,097, (Rambus Inc. v. Rea (Fed. Cir. 2013)). Rambus appealed. Alison Baldwin, writing in...
View ArticleNew edition of guide to benchmarking RULs of intangibles
There is a great deal of data in the new, second edition of Benchmarking Identifiable Intangibles and Their Useful Lives in Business Combinations. It has data extracted from over 6,000 purchase price...
View Article‘Purchase Price Allocation Study’ for 2014 released
Houlihan Lokey has completed its “2014 Purchase Price Allocation Study,” analyzing the portion of purchase consideration allocated to tangible assets, intangible assets, and goodwill in merger and...
View ArticleCelebs layer in publicity value to boost damages claims
A recent BVWire included an item about the value of the right of publicity, a topic of interest after the death of Prince. This concept also figured into the case of Erin Andrews, the former ESPN...
View ArticleIRS and Whitney Houston estate tangle over IP values
The IRS claims that the Whitney Houston estate underreported the value of intellectual property rights by $22.6 million.
View ArticleWhataburger grills Wonder Woman over logo
If next year's Wonder Woman pic is boffo, it will raise the stakes in the "friendly" talks going on between Whataburger and DC Comics over the superheroine's "stacked W" logo.
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