Tag: USPTO

• Business Litigation

  Patents To Face New Frontiers And Increased Federal Regulations

  • June 5, 2013
  • By Clay Allen

  Intellectual Property Exchange International The world’s first online exchange for patent rights is now online. Intellectual Property Exchange International (IPXI) allows owners of intellectual property rights to offer licensing through the exchange. The hope is to create greater price transparency and efficiency by opening up what has heretofore been limited to purely private negotiations and […]

• Business Litigation

  In Trademark Battle, the Struggle For The Red Soles Wages On

  • May 24, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  On March 8, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit released the latest opinion in a harshly fought legal battle between Christian Louboutin (“Louboutin”), the French footwear designer, and Yves Saint-Laurent, a direct competitor.Christian Louboutin S.A. v. Yves Saint Laurent America Holding, Inc., 709 F.3d 140 (2d Cir. 2013). Christian Louboutin is […]