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This memorandum is intended to give a broad overview of the federal trademark registration process. The entire process will usually take around one to two years from the initial filing to receiving the federal trademark. This timetable is affected by a plethora of factors such as possible objections from the USPTO or third parties and the number of applications filed before that are still in the process. Usually the following steps are included in the process: Searching and clearance, Preparing…

Case: Vanna WHITE (Plaintiff) v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New York corporation, and David Deutsch Associates, Inc., a New York corporation (Defendants) Citation: 971 F.2d 1395 (Case Brief Document) Procedural History (what happened in the case): Samsung Electronics America Inc. and David Deutsch Associates Inc., Defendants, were sued by Vanna White, Plaintiff, because Defendants used a robot likeness of Plaintiff in a series of advertisements without Plaintiff’s consent or monetary…

When patents on genes were first granted it stirred up quite a controversy, since then there have been quite a bit of papers that support and oppose gene patenting. In their respective articles, Michael Crichton and John E. Calfee both discuss the controversial topic of gene patents; however Crichton is against gene patents and Calfee is for gene patents as an economist and brings up the pros of gene patents in his article. In their articles both of them talk about obtaining a patent from the…

Crichton V. Calfee: The Gene Patent Argument Michael Crichton and John E. Calfee both discuss the topic of gene patents in their respective articles, “Patenting Life” and “Decoding The Use Of Gene Patents.” However, the similarities end there as their opinions are the direct opposite of one another, with Crichton expressing extreme displeasure at the idea of gene patenting while Calfee is in support of the practice. Firstly, Crichton believes the patenting of genes as a whole to be a mistake.…

” The economic reality is that there is little, if any, incentive to invest capital in new technologies if competitors can simply “copy” them immediately” Lois Boland, a department director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, explains. So, the U.S. Government rewards those who formulate and produce original concoctions, by allowing a temporary monopoly on their product for 20 years. This in turn, almost guarantees profitability of their innovation, allowing patent…

In 1897, Pearle Wait was finally able to perfect the simple gelatin dessert, it was taking years to master. His wife May David Wait gave it its name as what we know now, Jell-O. Wait then sold his company for $450 dollars to Frank Woodwark, because Wait didn’t have the funding for marketing and distributing his product. Success in the advertising campaigns finally began to rise in 1902 due to William E. Humelbaugh. In 1904, they launched the printed portion of their advertising and created “best…