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Patent Attorneys from Marger Johnson to Join Miller Nash Graham & Dunn
Our intellectual property team is pleased to announce that six attorneys from Marger Johnson, a well-respected 32-year-old patent law firm, will be joining our firm’s IP practice on July 1, 2018. We are looking forward to welcoming the following pate...
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David Brandon Published on Technology Association of Oregon's Blog: Five Guideposts for Developing a Tax-Conscious IP Strategy
In a post for the Technology Association of Oregon, David Brandon highlights five questions that entrepreneurs, CFOs, and IP managers should ask; each a guidepost to aid the reader in preserving the desired tax consequences and maximizing the value o...
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Copyright Office Rule Changes—Maintaining DMCA Safe Harbor Immunity Requires New Registration
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides limited safe-harbor immunity from copyright infringement claims to certain types of websites and other online service providers. Earlier this year, we blogged regarding the need for such providers...
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Federal Circuit Strikes Down the Lanham Act's Ban on Scandalous and Immoral Marks in the Wake of Tam
In the wake of Matal v. Tam, where the Supremes unanimously held that the "disparagement clause" in Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a), violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court o...
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Alicia Bell Published in Modern Restaurant Management: Protecting Your Restaurant’s Intellectual Property Is More Important Than You Think
As the restaurant industry grows, and as customers pay more attention to local and artisan foods and celebrity chefs, there’s an increased interest in protecting recipes, signature dishes, and restaurant brands as intellectual property. In an article...
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Copyright and Software: Oracle v. Google
In the blockbuster case of Oracle v. Google, the Federal Circuit has once again questioned the role of juries in deciding technical issues, this time in the context of fair use of copyrighted software. Oracle sued Google in 2010 after acquiring Sun M...
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