In Case You Missed It, 2021: Year-End IP Round-Up, Including Brand Protection and Patent Updates

Throughout the year, we strive to provide you with interesting content regarding newsworthy intellectual property (IP) cases and issues. We hope you found our 2021 IP articles, client alerts, and blog posts informative and useful to your business.

In case you missed any, please click on the links below, organized by topic and month of publication.

Brand Protection

March

• How Does the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 Help You Protect Your Brand?

August

• The Intersection of Retail and NIL Statutes

October

• Timely Trademarks Are Important to Crypto: Dogecoin Disputes Illustrate Potential Naming Issues

Patents, PTAB, and IPR

March

• Two Billion Reasons Patent Plaintiffs Will Continue Filing in the Western District of Texas

April

• What’s Happening in the Western District of Texas? Patent Litigation Update

May

• Did Patent Litigation Just Get Cheaper? Tax Court Upholds Favorable Treatment for Infringement Suit Expenses
• Forum Shopping: How A Retailer’s Patent-Related Communications May Impact Jurisdiction 

October

• Easy to Start, Potentially Hard to Finish: Considerations for Retailers in Appealing an IPR Decision

December

• An Absolute Novelty Design Patent Trap for the Unwary
  
  

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