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Trademark Opposition of Deadmou5 vs. Disney

At the end of March, The Trademark Trial and Appeals Board granted Disney a 90-day extension to file an opposition against a pending trademark sought by Ronica Holdings, Limited, on behalf of the popular EDM artist, Joel Zimmerman, known as “Deadmou5” (pronounced “Dead Mouse”). The pending trademark, shown below (Serial No. 85972976) features a smiling…

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Congrats to Bambooee on Shark Tank!

We are proud to announce our client, Noam Krasniansky, will appear on Shark Tank tonight at 9pm PST to work out a deal with the Sharks regarding his product Bambooee. Congrats Noam!

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Top Gun Copyright Infringement on Twitter

Paramount Pictures is not happy about the way a Twitter user is sharing one of its movies. The Twitter user @555hz attempted to show the entire film “Top Gun” on Twitter through tweets of the film as frame-by-frame clips and images. The Twitter user posted content from the film every half hour, generating over 1,500…

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Law Clerk Position Available

We have a law clerk opening for a 3rd year law student or recent graduate pending bar results. Must have taken trademark law and preferably other IP courses in law school. Please send cover letter and resume to info@patentlawip.com. No phone calls please.

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Amazing Innovator from Sierra Leone

Great story about a young innovator from the African country of Sierra Leone, creating important tools to help his community with limited resources. He lands an invitation from MIT to foster his abilities. http://youtu.be/XOLOLrUBRBY

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Patent Innovation Act of 2013 Has Passed

Here is some great insight into some potential issues with the recently passed Innovation Act of 2013.http://www.todaysengineer.org/2013/Dec/HR-3309.asp

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Super Soaker Settlement $73 Million

The power of creating an incredible invention and having good counsel can be seen in a recent arbitration settlement in which the inventor of the Super Soaker, Lonnie Johnson Ph.D, was awarded $72.9 million in royalties against Hasbro. Although Johnson has over 80 patents, many of which we are sure relating to the Super Soaker…

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Veza Bands

Congratulations to one of our client’s launch of their new product Veza Bands. http://www.vezabands.com/

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Cohen IP Law Group Exhibits at Small Business Expo in Los Angeles

Cohen IP Law Group, P.C. is proud to announce that it will be an exhibitor at the Small Business Expo held in Los Angeles, California on November 7, 2013. Admission is free to attendees, so stop by BOOTH 109 to say hello and learn more about our firm. We hope to see you there

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Thomas Edison’s Birthday

Happy Birthday! To Thomas Alva Edison that is. Who knew his middle name was Alva? He is 164 year old this year today, so Google…

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Louboutin’s Trademark Suit Against YSL

Can a color be trademarked? The answer is it could be. Trademark registrations have been granted for colors in the past. (See here for the…

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