News
[03/10]
Google to digitize old books from Rome, Florence
[03/10]
Judge: NYC can keep 'Tavern on the Green' name
[02/23]
Settlement in 'Rocky Top' song lawsuit against A&E
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Articles
The Use of Trademarks in Meta Tags
Meta tags are words that act as an index to identify the content of a Web site for search engines, such as Google and Yahoo. There are description meta tags, which describe a Web site, and keyword meta tags, which are keywords about the Web site's content. Meta tags are typically hidden on a Web site and visitors to the site cannot see them. While meta tags had more significance to search engines in the past, they are still relevant to indexing and searching the Internet today.
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Can I Lose the Right to Patent My Invention?
One of the purposes of patent law is to ensure that the public reaps the benefits of inventors' work. The law therefore encourages inventors to patent their work promptly. Inventors should strive to patent their inventions as soon as it is reasonable to do so.
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Case Summaries
[03/09]
Richardson v. Stanley Works, Inc.
In an action for patent infringement relating to a design patent for a multi-function carpentry tool that combines a hammer with a stud climbing tool and a crowbar, a district court's finding of noninfringement is affirmed as the district court correctly construed the claim at issue and correctly determined that the patent was not infringed.
[03/08]
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n
In plaintiffs' suit alleging violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act in the importation and sale of certain lysine feed products made by the methods claimed in their patents relating to improved methods of producing L-lysine with genetically engineered E-Coli bacteria, the International Trade Commission's determination of no section 337 violation is affirmed where: 1) the asserted claims of plaintiffs' '698 patent and '160 patents are invalid under 35 U.S.C. section 112 for failure to comply with the best mode requirement; and 2) plaintiffs' argument that the Commissioner erred in finding '698 patent is unenforceable due to inequitable conduct is waived.
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