There has been several articles written, mostly inaccurate and misleading, indicating that a Chinese company has taken the Yeezy trademarks. This is likely not the case.  Kanye West, through his company Mascotte Holdings, Inc., has a US trademark registration for “Yeezy” filed in 2013, as well as other registration/applications for YZY and Yeezi. What the hullabaloo…

According to Patexia, approximately 500 patent application were published in 2017 that included the keywords “Bitcoin” and “Blockchain”.  The growing number of filed applications reflects the interest surrounding the elusive crypotocurrency market especially when compared to the number of applications filed in 2012 which were only 6.  The top assignees for Bitcoin were Game Play…

Michael Cohen of Cohen IP Law Group PC will be lecturing on patent issues on the second day of the seminar “Medical and Recreational Marijuana” hosted by the The Seminar Group on March 30, 2018 in Santa Monica, California. His topic will be Cannabis Patents: What Can You Get And How Can You Get It. How to apply for…

The LA Times has recently interviewed Michael Cohen regarding Gene Simmons recent trademark filing for the iconic rock hand gesture. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-june-gene-simmons-trademark-horns-1497554772-htmlstory.html

Within the United Stated Patent and Trademark Office, there are two separate trademark “registers” that exist, namely the Principal and the Supplemental.  Typically when an applicant files a new trademark application, that application when ultimately approved and issued is defaulted to be on the Principal Register.  However, under some circumstances during the prosecution of the…

It is not commonly known by many inventors that there are different types of patent searches and opinions depending upon the reason for the search. Namely, there are four varieties of patent searches: 1) Novelty (patentability); 2) Freedom to Operate (FTO); 3) Non-infringement; and 4) Validity. 1. Novelty or Patentability Search Novelty searches tend to…

Hollywoodlife.com recently asked us questions in an interview regarding Blac Chyna’s attempt to utilize the Kardashian name in a trademark.  It turns out the Kardashian family is not too keen on soon to be relative, Blac Chyna using the family name for business purposes. Blac Chyna is set to marry Rob Kardashian in 2017, and…

Michael Cohen of Cohen IP Law Group PC has been featured in the November 14th, 2016 edition of the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Intellectual Property & Licensing Law Roundtable, “What Businesses Need to Know”.  Mr. Cohen discussed a variety of IP issues impacting business ranging from IP protection strategies to recent Supreme Court cases.  The…

What type of business entity should be formed for a startup company, and which are preferred by investors, angels, or venture capitalists?  The common convention is that VCs tend not to like limited liability companies (LLCs) and prefer a C-corp over most other entity types.  Some of the reasons for that is because VCs tend…