Category Archives: Intellectual Property
The New Generic Top-Level Domains and the New Trademark Clearinghouse: Deciding Whether to Register Your Brands
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is the organization that oversees domain names worldwide. It recently began accepting new applications for expanding the number of generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”) on the Internet. The most popular gTLDs until now have included .com, .info, .org, and .net. With the approval of applications for new gTLDs will …
Federal Circuit Fails to Clarify Software Patent Eligibility
In a highly-anticipated decision that was expected to clarify the test for eligibility of software patents under 35 U.S.C. § 101, in CLS Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp.,1 a divided en banc panel of the Federal Circuit upheld the lower court’s determination that the asserted method, computer-readable medium, and system claims are invalid. In doing so, however, …
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