By: James B. Astrachan and Christoper J. Lyon , Astrachan Gunst Thomas, P.C. IN JUNE 2001, THE LATE JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA REMARKED , “It would be foolish to contend that the degree of privacy secured to citizens by the Fourth Amendment has been...

By: Mark W. Brennan , Hogan Lovells US LLP. AS THE USE OF MOBILE DEVICES SUCH AS SMARTPHONES and tablets has become increasingly prevalent, mobile applications (mobile apps or apps) have also proliferated. Consumers use mobile apps to access social...

By: Frank DeLucia and Luciano Ricondo , Merchant & Gould After a patent application is filed in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and during the stage in which the application is being examined by a patent examiner, it can often be helpful...

By: Roberta Jacobs-Meadway This article addresses how to prove a trademark is famous when asserting a dilution claim in federal court or in a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) proceeding pursuant to the Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006...

By: Seth Appel PATTISHALL, MCAULIFFE, NEWBURY, HILLIARD & GERALDSON LLP THE U.S. SUPREME COURT CONFIRMED THAT ARTISTIC designs on clothing can be subject to copyright protection in Star Athletica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc., 137 S.Ct. 1002 ...