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Each stylus pen features a spinning fidget attachment for improving focus and reducing work anxiety along with a luxurious feel of an aluminum barrel, coated in a soft-touch and trendy matte finish, and branded with a gold trim.    A stylus pen is a pen‑shaped input writing device designed to interact with touchscreens, allowing an […]

Donika Pentcheva has been recognized as one of the “2026 MOST INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS” on page A5 of the Print Edition, dated August 5, 2026, of The Washington Post.

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Donika Pentcheva Has Been Invited To A Continuing Legal Education Seminar By The American Bar Foundation

*** As a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (“ABF”), Donika Pentcheva has been invited to an ABF Fellow Continuing Legal Education Research Seminar, titled “The Afterlife of Mass Incarceration.” The American Bar Foundation is the world’s leading research institute for the empirical and interdisciplinary study of law.  The ABF seeks to expand knowledge and […]

“The United States is not Europe,” says a former Federal Trade Commission member, who is now a senior adviser at the American Economic Liberties Project, in connection with the $111-Billion Dollars Deal Between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery

*** According to a recent article in The Los Angeles Times of July 22, 2026, “Europe joins 64 other regulatory entities that have either approved the deal or chosen not to challenge it.” And, The Los Angeles Times also indicated that “European regulators added just one condition: Paramount must end a partnership with Universal Pictures […]

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The United States Patent and Trademark Office Will Hold Historic Commemorative Patent and Trademark Signing Ceremony

*** On July 23, 2026, starting at 11:00 A.M. Eastern Time, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) will hold a commemorative patent and trademark signing ceremony celebrating America’s 250th Birthday. The event will be held at the Commerce Research Library in the United States Department of Commerce. Per the USPTO, “the event symbolizes […]

Should there be a time limit for a patent?

According to United States Patent and Trademark Office’s website, a term of a patent has been changed by Congress a number of times since 1790: Initially, under the 1790 Patent Act the term could not exceed 14 years. In 1836, Congress passed the Patent Act (5. Stat 117, 119, 5) which amended the statute to […]

Two Harvard Medical School Professors and the Deputy Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association cite Donika’s Intellectual Property Research

Donika humbly recognizes that her research regarding intellectual property law has been cited by Jonathan J. Darrow, S.J.D., LL.M., J.D., M.B.A., Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School; Ameet Sarpatwari, Ph.D., J.D., Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School; and Gregory Curgman, M.D., Deputy Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The citation appears in […]

Donika Pentcheva has been appointed Vice Chair of the High Tech and Software Patent Committee

The American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law has appointed Donika Pentcheva as Vice Chair of the High Tech and Software Patent Committee.  The scope of the High Tech and Software Patent Committee includes issues relating to the intellectual property protection of inventions in the technology fields.  In particular, the committee is tasked with […]