Does your pharmacist prescribe you generic drugs or brand name? Does your health plan cover you for brand name drugs or does your plan only cover you for generic drugs? Taking generic drugs instead of brand name drugs used to be no big deal. In fact, many consumers preferred generic to brand name because […]
By: Dan Pierron Claim drafting ain’t easy. On top of having to concisely describe a quite-often complicated invention, there are all the strategic implications on word choice, independent-dependent relationships, and too many others to recite here. However, one overarching strategic decision to be made when drafting claims prior to filing an application is this; […]
One of the biggest gripes I had with attending college had to be buying textbooks. Ten years ago when I was in college, textbooks cost around $500 per semester. This was an outrageous cost. Yet, college kids were forced to pay for these books in order to follow along with the teacher’s syllabus. You […]
In an earlier post, I discussed copyright infringement risks inherent to web sites that facilitate exchange of user-generated content (UGC). As the Internet’s popularity took off in the 1990s, governments of the world recognized the need to reconcile traditional copyright laws with the unique challenges of the information age, including UGC. In 1998, the Digital Millennium […]
For those who’ve watched the popular Home and Garden television show, Holmes Inspection, we have all seen homeowners distraught after contractors failed to deliver quality workmanship. On this television show, homeowners seek the help of Mike Holmes and his crew to fix the poor handy work of other contractors who left the homeowners’ home in terrible […]
Near the beginning of the film The Hangover: Part II, the four friends are walking through the Los Angeles International Airport on their way to board a flight to Thailand for Stu’s bachelor party. Alan, Mr. Socially Awkward, is carrying an over- the-shoulder bag appearing to be a pricey and lavish Louis Vuitton. While […]
How to Trademark Brand Logo If you are an avid trivia enthusiast like me you may have stumbled upon the popular website called sporcle.com. This website tests your trivia knowledge on an array of topics from geography to television. One quiz I recently took was called “Can you name the corporate logos?” I played […]
What is a company trademark? “A trademark is any name, symbol, figure, letter, word, or mark adopted and used by a manufacturer or merchant in order to designate his or her goods and to distinguish them from those manufactured or sold by others.” – defined by dictionary.com. There are many different types of distinctive […]
What is civil litigation? What are the different types of civil litigation cases? How does the civil litigation process work? These are typically questions that attorneys are asked on a regular basis. Unless you went to law school, most Americans are not familiar with civil litigation. Americans would not need to concern themselves with […]
