On Monday, March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling holding that a copyright owner cannot file a lawsuit for copyright infringement until the U.S. Copyright Office has registered the work at
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Trademark Breakout Session on Enforcing Rights in China
One of the packed meetings at the United States-China Adjudication Conference was the trademark breakout session, conducted for the most part in Chinese, with simultaneous translations. Several high-ranking judges in the IPR Tribunal spoke on trademark developments. From a U.S. perspective, there is a keen interest in the protection of well known trademarks either registered or unregistered in China.
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Beijing Friendship Hotel & Renmin University of China Host US-China IP Adjudication Conference
Beijing Friendship Hotel, along with Beijing’s Renmin University of China, hosted the United States-China Intellectual Property Adjudication Conference. Ann Ford (Washington, DC), along with other DLA Piper partners including Yan Zhao (Shanghai), Ed Chatterton (Hong
DLA Piper attends the United States-China Intellectual Property Adjudication Conference
A group of us from our DLA Piper IPT group around the world, including those from Hong Kong, San Diego and Washington, DC are in Beijing, China attending the United States-China Intellectual Property Adjudication
Ciao!
Ciao to Chiara Garofoli, our DLA Piper colleague from Milan, Italy who is going off to work for Google, Milan. Chiara was a founding and active editorial member of our fashion law publication, Law a
Volunteer Spotlight: Mark Feldman
A well-deserved recognition for our colleague!
Reposted from INTA Bulletin: August 1, 2011 Vol. 66 No. 14
How many IP attorneys do you know who own a personal registered trademark? Mark Feldman is one. Remaining
DLA @ INTA — Even More photos
We just wanted to say thanks for spending such a wonderful week with us at INTA 2011. We DLA Piper attorneys had wonderful time connecting with our foreign counsels and clients from around the
Ann’s INTA Photo Blog
When I travel, I often send pictures to my team to keep them updated on what I’m up to. I thought it would be fun to share my time here at INTA with Re:Marks Blog
Social Media & Fashion
By Ann K. Ford, Kiran Gore, & Debbie Rosenbaum
Reposted from Law A La Mode’s Summer Edition
It is clear that social media is changing the communications landscape. Therefore, forward-thinking companies across the
Winter/Spring Q1, 2011 IPT Newsletter
Our team just released the latest version of our Intellectual Property and Technology newsletter (Q1, 2011) (PDF here). Download our latest edition of this newsletter for articles on these topics and more: