USPTO Trademark Expedited Cancellation Pilot Program, a New, Quicker Way to Clear the Register
Many of those who try to register trademarks in the [...]
Tips For Drafting Provisional Patent Applications
We often get calls regarding provisional patent applications (“PVAs"). These [...]
Intellectual Property for the Plaintiff’s Bar: Trying a Trademark Reverse Confusion Case
By Eric Bjorgum, first published in Forum (July/August 2008). There [...]
VARA and CAPA: Lessons from the Twitchell Case
By William Brutocao and Eric Bjorgum, first published in Intellectual [...]
“You can sue for that?”
Flying under the radar with some of intellectual property's most [...]
Twitchell Legal Victory Spotlights Artists Rights
By Eric Bjorgum, first published in Coagula Art Journal (Sept. [...]
IP Law & the Arts
The intersection of law and the arts presents unique challenges [...]
Enforcing IP: Privileges and Anti-SLAPP Practice
As intellectual property litigators, the attorneys of Karish & Bjorgum [...]
Beware – False Marking May Cost You Big
In its decision on December 28, 2009 in The Forest [...]
What is a patent?
A patent is a property right given by the U.S. [...]