Greetings from COVID-19 lockdown! Despite the disruption and uncertainty happening around us, Ludwig, APC is open and executing its contingency plans to remain fully operational. Life and business do not stop during this time, and neither do we. You may take advantage of consultations and appointments by phone or video conference. Our litigation clients interested …
As of today, March 13, 2020, it’s hard to imagine there is not a person anywhere who has not been effected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our Hong Kong-based clients at Ludwig, APC have been dealing with the outbreak for several months and already endured extensive, government-mandated shutdowns and quarantines. Here in the United States, it’s now …
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations that provides a global forum for intellectual property policy, services, information, and cooperation, recently released a report which concluded “that innovative activity has grown increasingly collaborative and transnational” in recent years. Given the globalization of trade, business, entertainment, and virtually every other …
In 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision in Alice v. CLS Bank put an end to, or at least hampered, the prevalence of potentially “bad patents” being granted that covered abstract ideas, especially in the area of software. At the heart of the landmark 2014 case was Alice Corporation’s claims that its patent …
The State of “Alice” 2020: Is Congressional Reform on the Horizon? Read More »
Let’s put it right out there. Once big tech companies are firmly entrenched, once they are so large that money is no longer an issue (for all practical purposes), they benefit greatly from a weak patent system. At first glance, that assertion might seem nonsensical. After all, in a weak patent system, wouldn’t a …
When is Big Tech Too Big? (and Why Patent Holders Should Care) Read More »
Whether you’re a Star Wars fan or not, you probably know that the latest (and purportedly the last) installment in the core movie series will soon be in theaters. It’s called, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. While I’m sure the movie has its share of technical and special effects wizardry to herald, one of …
Digital Replicas Are Coming: Will You and Your Intellectual Property Rights Be Ready? Read More »
The Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018, aka the 2018 Farm Bill, removed “hemp” from the definition of marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), effectively making the growth of industrial hemp legal in the eyes of the federal government. This reclassification is of particular importance to those who produce cannabis and cannabis-related products in the …
What You Need to Know: The Latest on Cannabis-Related Trademark Laws Read More »
While most reporting on the U.S.-China trade war has focused on the U.S. imposition of tariffs on Chinese goods in response to what the U.S. Government calls China’s “unfair trade practices,” what often gets buried in the ongoing kerfuffle are the details—namely, what are those unfair trade practices? According to the Business Roundtable, an association …
You Can Take Steps to Protect your Intellectual Property in China Read More »
While Intellectual Property (IP) law is already quite complicated, especially when international boundaries are concerned, with the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), IP law promises to become even more complex. For example, when AI is involved in an inventive or creative process, who holds the IP rights to that work? Can AI hold a copyright …
When You’re Dealing with AI, Who Owns the Intellectual Property? Read More »
If you or your company is thinking of entering the US market, you should familiarize yourself with what constitutes copyright, trademark, or trade secret material, and what is protected/not protected within each Intellectual Property (IP) category in the United States. Doing so will go a long way to preventing you from unintentionally violating the IP …
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