IP Flow

October 7, 2016 (IP Flow) – Last week the Supreme Court of the United States granted a writ of certiorari for In Re Tam, better known as The Slants case; and on Tuesday denied review for...

September 28, 2016 (IP Flow) – “Horst Wessel Lied”, more popularly known as the ‘Nazi Anthem’, features in James K Lambert’s 2006 documentary “You Don’t Know Hitler”, and has been the subject of numerous takedown requests...

September 23, 2016 (IP Flow) – The third installment in the Apple vs VirnetX patent debacle is set to begin on Monday in a Texas courtroom. The patent litigation saga began in 2012 where a court...

Aug 17. 2016 (Mimesis Law) – Jed Ferdinand, Founder and Senior Managing Partner of Ferdinand IP, sat down with Ana Sofia Walsh to discuss the future of trademarks post-Brexit and the impact this uncertainty has on...

August 12, 2016 (IP Flow) — Ed Timberlake, former Trademark Examining Attorney at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, former Copyright Examiner at the U.S. Copyright Office, Board Certified Specialist in Trademark Law and all-round trademark...

August 11, 2016 (IP Flow) — British singer-songwriter and hit-making machine, Ed Sheeran, is being sued for copyright infringement for allegedly copying elements of Marvin Gaye’s song “Let’s Get It On” in his 2014 single “Thinking...

August 2, 2016 (IP Flow) — ‘MACCOFFEE’ – if you see a coffee with this name in a supermarket (importantly, not in a restaurant), would you think that the coffee is somewhat linked to McDonald’s? According to...

July 26, 2016 (IP Flow) – Lee sits down with John Evangelakos, Jeffrey Wall, Garrard R Beeney and Nader Mousavi, partners at Sullivan & Cromwell and members of the intellectual property practice group, to discuss recent...

July 20, 2016 (IP Flow) — Following the launch of Nintendo’s Pokemon Go game, it was inevitable that pirated versions would spring up on unauthorized platforms. The app’s success is owed partly to it being rolled...

July 18, 2016 (IP Flow) — Kanye West and Damon Dash won a trademark suit brought by Michael Medina last week over their use of the name “Loisaidas” for their 2015 film depicting the Lower East...