#IntellectualPropertyLawInAction Did Tommy Richman’s hit song “Million Dollar Baby,” which debuted Number Two on the Billboard Hot 100, impact one of the establishments mentioned in the song: a karaoke bar located in the State of Virginia called “Queen’s Gambit?” According to the Washingtonian, Glenn Ramirez opened Queen’s Gambit twenty four years ago—the same year Richman […]
#IntellectualPropertyLawInAction Can you identify all of the products protected by #IntellectualPropertyLaw mentioned in the music video released by Singer Graham Barham on November 6, 2025? Here is one example: “Goodyear® tires.” Do you think the Singer had to obtain permission from the owners of the intellectual property assets in order to reference the products protected […]
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (the “USPTO”) has issued a Notice of a public roundtable, and is soliciting comments involving the topic of counterfeiting. The USPTO has indicated in the Notice that it is “working across government and with the private sector to address counterfeiting.” The roundtable is scheduled to take place on […]
The United States Patent and Trademark Office announces a new option for Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (also referred to as the “TTAB”) petitioners to file a petition for cancellation via the Office’s new system, the TTAB Center, in order to initiate a cancellation proceeding. A “cancellation proceeding” is a TTAB proceeding in which a […]
Donika Pentcheva has been invited to a continuing legal education seminar involving the latest developments at the intersection of FDA and Intellectual Property Law, managed by the Federal Circuit Bar Association Bench and Bar.