This blog post describes some most recent developments in the business of the Trademark Office granting $100 petitions for trademark applicants who do not want to tell Trademark Office employees exactly where they sleep at night. This blog post talks about the privacy situation where the named applicant is a legal person (such as an LLC) rather than a natural person (a human being). Continue reading “The price of trademark privacy continues to be $100”
Does copyright protect the notion that a character develops emotions?
Can the heirs to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle shut down a soon-to-be-released Netflix movie Enola Holmes by asserting copyright? The answer, it seems, turns on whether “having emotions” is a thing that copyright can protect. No, I am not making this up. Continue reading “Does copyright protect the notion that a character develops emotions?”
An open letter to the Commissioner for Patents
I request that the Commissioner for Patents publish an Official Gazette notice along the lines of the proposed notice appearing below. Continue reading “An open letter to the Commissioner for Patents”