Today we have an interview with Thomas Rickert about current issues with and the future of ICANN. Thomas can be reached at https://rickert.net/anwaelte/thomas-rickert/ We also have news about the top fashion brands from a litigation perspective. And last but not least we have some impressions for you from the IP Fridays Meetup in Orlando during […]

Today we have an interview with the CEO of EURid Marc Van Wesemael for you. We talk about tools for trademark owners and security efforts for domains. We briefly touch upon the newly signed US Trade Secret Bill. We advertise our IP Fridays Meetup in Orlando (http://www.ipfridays.com/meetup). And we talk about an important decision of […]

Today we have an interview with Kfir Luzzatto, author of the book “Fun With Patents”. Trisha Volpe talks about legal compliance of health apps. And we talk more about our IP Fridays Meetup in Orlando:

http://ipfridays.com/meetup

Have fun!

Today we have an interview with Peter Dernbach, who is serving as co-chair of the INTA Annual Meeting 2016 in Orlando. He gives us a glimpse of what we can expect in Orlando. Also, we invite you to our IP Fridays Meetup during the IP Fridays Meetup on 5/24/2015 at 5 pm in Orlando http://ipfridays.com/meetup

This week we interview Ron Fierstein, former patent litigator in one of the biggest patent litigation cases in US history: Polaroid vs. Kodak. He wrote a book about his experience now: A Triumph of Genius – Edwin Land, Polaroid, and the Kodak Patent War

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1627227695/

Also, OHIM is now called EUIPO since March 23nd, 2016. Along with the name change came a lot other changes like fees and changes to the procedure. I made a short video about the most important changes here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5yYCAQLr8I&index=9&list=PLsxcnUArRZs-tCwt_wlGTp6tnmCUYS5uF

Finally, WIPO released statistics about the PCT filings in 2015. I give you a brief overview.

Today we interview Prof. Henkel of the TUM Munich about his recent study on patentability and ask ourselves, why most granted patents are at least partially invalid. The we have news from the EPO and in particular the ongoing social unrest at the European Patent Office.

The link to the study of Prof. Henkel is here:

http://www.tim.wi.tum.de/fileadmin/w00bcy/www/Research/Publications/Henkel/Henkel_Zischka_2015-12_Patent_Validity.pdf

A link to his university activities is here:

https://www.tim.wi.tum.de/index.php?id=5

Have fun!

Ken and Rolf

This episode covers an interview with Prof. Joseph Straus, emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute in Munich, about novelty and biotech inventions. We also talk about the fees and recoverable costs of the UPC. The EPO is in talks with the unions. And there has been an amendment of PCT regulations.

In today’s episode Ken had the chance to interview Jeffrey L Ranck, former assistant general counsel at Microsoft and now Contract Senior Attorney at Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner. Also, Trisha Volpe has the latest about the reform of the Copyright Act in the US.

This episode features JP Kuehlwein in a very interesting interview about “Rethinking Prestige Branding”. Ken talks about the hot topic of hashtags and trademarks. Also, I just reached 100 subscribers on my newly created YouTube channel. I add a video every Thursday. Current videos include videos about searching for similar earlier trademarks for free, monitoring your competition, and many more: http://www.ipfridays.com/youtube

Today we interview Paul Paradise about his latest novel “The Counterfeit Detective”. Trisha Volpe tells us all about the Intellectual Property strategy of David Bowie and the Bowie Bonds. And the USPTO seeks nominations for the National Medal of Technology and Innovation!

http://www.uspto.gov/about-us/news-updates/nominations-sought-national-medal-technology-and-innovation-3