Intellectual Property

It’s a not-so-Brave New World for two titans of entertainment following a ruling from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). This week’s BL Business Branding entry looks into the Board’s decision to cancel various “Super Hero” trademarks owned by Marvel and DC Comics late last year. Superheroes have dominated the…

Did you catch the Big Game last weekend? Our BL Business Branding series is covering the Super Bowl this week and some surprising trademarks that took the field when the Eagles and the Chiefs battled for the Lombardi trophy (again). The NFL When prepping for your Super Bowl party, did…

For this week’s entry in our Intellectual Property practice’s BL Business Branding series, we are exploring the trademark implications surrounding the Kansas City Chiefs’ potential “three-peat” Super Bowl run, and how an NBA legend stands to benefit if they can pull it off. This weekend, the Chiefs make a run…

As part of Berenzweig Leonard’s Intellectual Property practice, we are introducing a new BL Business Branding series to highlight real world examples of how trademarks and intellectual property matters can impact businesses, and steps you can take to protect your assets and build your brand.  This week’s story comes from…

As we ring in the new year, it’s the perfect time to get your trademarks in shape for 2025. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is raising costs and rolling out major changes that will change how businesses file and maintain their trademarks. Whether you’re launching a new product…

The New York Times vs. OpenAI copyright lawsuit has the potential to be a litmus test to measure how AI advancements could affect traditional media and established intellectual property regulations. As the case moves through the courts, it may raise more questions than answers, given the…

The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence is making an impact across the legal landscape, as courts grapple with how to handle AI matters while the technology’s development outpaces the courts’ rulemaking procedures. Specifically in the realm of copyright law, AI has been at the forefront of many questions, challenging everything…

Joint inventorship can be a thorny issue and getting it wrong can result in a patent being invalidated. Contrary to what you might expect, it is not that hard to get inventorship wrong. The inventorship mistake often happens for the simple reason that a patent attorney must rely on inventors…

This is a continuation of a blog I wrote in February 2020. At that time, no United States court had directly ruled on whether an artificial intelligence system could be an inventor. Now they have, and it’s time to update the story. Recent Court Decisions: An Inventor…