Casio Computer Co., Ltd. is a Japanese electronics manufacturing company known for introducing the world’s first electric calculator in the 1950s and introducing the first mass-produced digital watches in the ‘70s. Today, the company makes affordable keyboards,...
SheFly’s origins are on Alaska’s Mendenhall Glacier, where the company’s co-founder spent the summer of 2016 working as a guide. Georgia Grace Edwards spent 8 to 12 hours per day on ice, so quite naturally, she occasionally had to answer the call of nature. To do so,...
One of the most valuable assets a company can have is its intellectual property. Just as jewelry stores lock up their diamonds and gold, companies must secure and protect IP from competitors and ex-employees. You can’t lock your IP in a safe, of course. It must often...
Most people who file for patents look forward to the day their patent is issued, wishing it could come sooner so that their invention is protected as early as possible by law. There are others, however, who want to slow the process of patent prosecution. Financial...
The Chicago Fire Department says it has three main jobs: promote fire safety, provide emergency care and extinguish fires. You’ll notice that brewing coffee for the city’s 2.7 million residents is not on the list. The city of Chicago made that point clear in a...
Economic downturns like the one the pandemic produced last year tend to produce certain effects, such as rising unemployment, a decrease in gross domestic product, a drop in gasoline prices due to reduced demand, a tightening of credit and an increase in patent...
You’re standing outside, throwing a baseball back and forth with a friend. One of your throws sails to the right, however, and smashes through your neighbor’s window. While it’s clear that you didn’t intentionally lob the ball at the glass, that doesn’t take you off...
One of the most obvious and important principles of intellectual property law is that you need a unique trademark to obtain legal protection of the mark and to avoid infringement liability. However, in a recent Supreme Court case we discussed on our blog late last...
Because The Tragically Hip long ago secured its place among Canada’s musical legends, the band has a legacy to protect. It appears that that is exactly what the group originally from Kingston, Ontario, is trying to do with its lawsuit alleging trademark infringement...
The stars might be aligning for the cannabis industry in 2021. Five more U.S. states legalized marijuana in the November election (bringing the total to 15), the new administration is perceived to be friendlier to the industry and in recognition of marijuana’s...
