patents provide their owners with the legal right to exclude anyone else from practicing (making or using) the patented invention for a limited period of time.
Mickey Mouse’s copyright is set to expire at the end of 2023—nearly 95 years after his first iteration, better known as “Steamboat Willie,” was created on October 1, 1928.
College football’s week zero [yes, zero] has come and gone without any wild trademark registrations from the sport.
For trademark friendly-college football fans, the biggest news of the season came from Columbus, Ohio.
Top Gun: Maverik has dominated the box office this summer, surpassing $1.37 billion globally, and has become Tom Cruise’s highest grossing movie of all time. To the delight of Top Gun fans, Val Kilmer returned as Tom “Iceman” Kazansky.
Humans have been making and using musical instruments since at least the Paleolithic age—long before patent systems were put into place to protect inventions.
On July 12, 2022, the world was collectively wowed by the stunning images sent back to Earth by the James Webb* Space Telescope.
A trademark lawsuit brought by Vans against MSCHF, a Brooklyn-based art collective behind musician/artist Tyga’s “Wavy Baby” sneaker design.
Professional golfers recently assembled in Detroit, Michigan to compete in the PGA Tour’s Rocket Mortgage Classic at the Detroit Golf Club. Each player brought along a golf bag full of cutting-edge technology.
In June 2022, the newly created Copyright Claims Board (“CCB”) began hearing cases. The claimant Angela Jarman filed an action against Paris Hilton’s company 11:11 Digital for $12,000 in damages for copyright infringement.
2022 marks the 100th birthday of Haribo Goldbears, the world’s first gummi bears. Haribo’s flagship product is available in more than 100 countries with 160 million Haribo gummi bears being shipped from its factories around the world every day!
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