Hollywood Reporter has covered Cohen IP Law Group’s recent lawsuit against Universal Pictures, Seth MacFarlane and other defendants for trade dress infringement and other claims. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/seth-macfarlane-sued-ted-talking-777992

Cohen IP Law Group is happy to announce that it has obtained an order today in favor of our client, from the Hon. Dale Fischer, vacating a $1.3 million judgment previously obtained by Beats Electronics.

The US Supreme Court’s decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, which came down last June elaborated on patent ineligible subject matter, particularly as it applies to software patents.  But the scope of these 101 type rejections has expanded to business method patents as well.  We have been noticing an uptick in these rejections just…

Cohen IP Law Group will be attending SEMA 2014 in Las Vegas.  SEMA is the number one annual convention of automotive specialty products.  If you will be there, let us know!

Cohen IP Law Group will be at The Israel Conference in Los Angeles tomorrow and Friday.  The conference show cases some of the best tech companies coming out of Israel.  Many are from Fortune 1000 firms like Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google, as well as many early-stage start-ups.  For more information go to: http://www.theisraelconference.org/

This past June, Hershey filed a lawsuit in Colorado Federal Court against TinctureBell, LLC and TinctureBelle Marijuanka LLC- two companies that marketed cannabis-laced chocolate bars that were allegedly packaged to look like Hershey products.  The causes of action listed in the complaint were: trademark infringement, trademark dilution, false designation of origin, unfair competition, and passing…

Here is an article about trademarks based off of my interview with McMurry/TMG  for their hospital’s clients. http://mcmurrytmg.com/articles/protecting-trademark-and-avoiding-infringement

Design patents are a critical form of intellectual property for businesses to protect their product designs.  The prior term for design patents were fourteen (14) years from the issuance date.  Now, pursuant to the changes made in the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act of 2012 (PLTIA), design patents filed on or after Dec.18, 2013 have a…

For all you Bitcoin enthusiasts, there is an actual Bitcoin job fair hosted by Cross Campus, coming up in which you can get paid in Bitcoin.  See the details here: Bitcoin Job Fair.