Decided: 12/28/2010 Summary: Wacker Neuson mark was initially refused under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act because of similarities of mark (Wacker Neuson and Neuson) and goods (construction equipment). TTAB allowed a third consideration on appeal, consent by owner of registered mark to allow applicant to use and register the mark for the identified goods [...]
The Social Network: an IP Litigator’s Review of the Movie about Facebook By David M. Lilenfeld of Lilenfeld PC “If you guys were the inventors of Facebook, you’d have invented Facebook.” So says Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, in defending himself against claims that he stole the concept for Facebook from Harvard classmates.
*Originally Published in Spring/Summer 2010 IP Section Newsletter by Chad Graves “Cloud computing” is a buzz phrase that increasingly dominates the conversation in IT strategic planning. Technology evolves at a lightening pace and many business decision-makers (who may not have fully acclimated to other recent trends) are justifiably dubious about the potential benefits and pitfalls of yet another tech paradigm shift. There may be [...]
