Supreme Court - On November 8, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com. The questions before the Supreme Court is whether an online business can create a protectable trademark by adding a generic top-level domain (e.g. “.com”) to an otherwise generic term...

Supreme Court - On December 3, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously decided Peter v. NantKwest, Inc., holding the term “expenses” in the phrase “[a]ll the expenses of the proceedings shall be paid by the applicant” in § 145 of the Patent Act (35 U.S.C.) did not allow the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to recover attorneys”™ fees associated with defending the agency in § 145 litigation...

The Liberty Enlightening the World, or what is known as the Statue of Liberty, is a monument symbolizing the United States. The people of France gave the United States the statue to represent the friendship between the two countries that was established during the American Revolution. The statue commemorates the […]