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Intellectual Property Law

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Trademarks, Copyright and the Internet, by Mark VB Partridge, Partner, Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson

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Last Entry: July 18, 2010 at 14:52:18

Personal Name Cybersquatting

Posted on July 18, 2010
Recent article in The Vancouver Voice entitled "Cybersquatting: Innovation or Plague" quotes Mark Partridge. ?I hope we resolve to a system where cybersquatting is not an acceptable practice and people trade on original work of their own,? he stated.

ISBA IP Chair Dale Kurth Joins Partridge IP Law

Posted on July 10, 2010
Dale R. Kurth has joined Partridge IP Law P.C. as Of Counsel. The firm, begun by Mark V.B. Partridge in April, practices in trademarks, copyright, IP litigation, licensing, and Internet law. Dale obtained an LL.M. in IP with honors from John Marshall Law School in 2008, and earned his J...

"It's Your Content, But Who Owns It" Chicago Trademark Lawyer Presentation At 2010 USDLA Annual Conference

Posted on May 11, 2010
Chicago trademark and copyright attorney Mark Partridge was a featured speaker at the 2010 United States Distance Learning Associate annual meeting in St. Louis. His program "It's Your Content, But Who Owns It?" was nationally broadcast via the web as a virtual classroom program...

Seinfeld's Sneaky Recipes Survive Second Circuit Tasting In Copyright Dispute

Posted on May 02, 2010
Seinfeld's Sneaky Recipes Survive Second Circuit Tasting In Copyright Dispute In 2007, Jessica Seinfeld, the wife of comedian Jerry Seinfeld, published Deceptively Delicious, a cookbook full of recipes which make healthy food appealing to children...

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Supreme Court To Hear Costco v. Omega Copyright Case

Posted on May 02, 2010
Supreme Court Will Hear Costco v. Omega Copyright Case Last week, the Supreme Court announced it will hear Costco Wholesale Corporation?s appeal in a copyright infringement dispute with Omega S.A. involving the scope of the ?first sale doctrine? and its application to gray market goods...

Trademark Litigation Course Goes to the Movies

Posted on April 25, 2010
My former partner Phil Barengolts at Pattishall, McAuliffe and I teach trademark litigation at John Marshall Law School. At the end of the semester, we use scenes from trial movies and other videos to illustrate key trial techniques. Here are some available online...

New Attorneys Join Partridge IP Law

Posted on April 22, 2010
Partridge IP Law welcomes two new associates. Jordan A. Arnot Jordan focuses on trademark and copyright litigation, counseling and transactions, and is currently working on disputes involving domain names, automotive dealer agreements and medical record systems...

Partridge IP Law Is Growing

Posted on April 17, 2010
Partridge IP Law welcomes Nancy Chapman as the newest member of the firm. Nancy has years of legal experience, including over ten years working as a legal assistant and administrator in trademark litigation and prosecution matters. For more info please visit Partridge IP Law.

Partridge IP Law - Chicago Trademark Attorney Starts New Firm

Posted on April 03, 2010
I am pleased to announce the opening of PARTRIDGE IP LAW, a boutique law firm with a global practice involving trademarks, copyright and the Internet. PARTRIDGE IP LAW is dedicating to helping corporations, entrepreneurs and creative professionals protect and enhance the value of brands and ideas in court, online and in the boardroom...

ICANN Board Resolutions Support Rights Protection Procedures

Posted on March 15, 2010
The ICANN Board has taken action to move forward with four Rights Protection Mechanisms by directing the staff to prepare drafts to incorporate them as part of the launch of new gTLDs. The mechanisms include: 1. Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) 2...

ICANN Wrap UP

Posted on March 15, 2010
Our friend and fellow IRT-er, Nick Wood, at Comlaude, has a good post on the aftermath of the Nairobi ICANN meeting with respect to new gTLDs and Rights Protection Mechanisms. Recommended reading here.

Click Through Agreement Cases

Posted on February 19, 2010
New decision: Scherillo v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., 2010 WL 537805 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 17, 2010). Good report from Eric Goldman.

AIPLA Meeting

Posted on January 28, 2010
I haven't been to an AIPLA meeting for quite a while. I've missed them. It is particularly nice to see again my fellow board members from my days on the Board in the early 00s. Many of the programs at this meeting focus on IP as a business asset, a valuable change from the days when IP was viewed only as a legal right...

Trademark Infringement Litigation Course

Posted on January 26, 2010
Yesterday, Phil Barengolts and I started our winter LLM class at John Marshall on Trademark Litigation. We have a great group of students, including experienced practitioners (one student works at the USPTO and flies in once a week for classes at JM)...

Will ICANN Protect IP Rights?

Posted on November 20, 2009
ICANN is in the middle of plans for launching new gTLDs. I'm serving on a team called the STI to consider mechanisms to protect IP rights. These are important issues - Overarching Issues, ICANN calls it - which create a lot of interest and controversy...

ICANN IPC Submits Position Statement on Rights Protection

Posted on November 07, 2009
The ICANN GNSO has formed a committee called the STI (Special Trademarks Issues) to consider the use of a Rights Clearinghouse and Uniform Rapid Suspension policy for the introduction of new gTLDs. The Intellectual Property Constituency has posted its position statement in support of rights protection...

Protecting And Defending Your Brand - Teleseminar June 11

Posted on June 01, 2009
You're invited to the following teleseminar on June 11, 2009. Please contact samantha@mikkiwilliams.com to RSVP. A strong brand is essential in this economic climate. Your brand differentiates you from the competition and confirms your credibility...

New gTLDs: Does anyone care?

Posted on April 09, 2009
ICANN is working on plans to allow operation of an unlimited number of Top Level Domains, or TLDs. I am a member of an Implementation Recommendation Team, created by the ICANN Board to develop procedures to avoid user confusion and trademark infringement in the new gTLD space...

Association Forum Hosts Attorney Mark Partridge on Intellectual Capital Management

Posted on March 24, 2009
Mark will be speaking at the Association Forum of Chicagoland on March 31, 2009. Using Intellectual Capital to Step Up Your Business in a Down Economy Intellectual capital is your most valuable business assets, and its importance rises even higher in a down economy...

#5 Trademark Law Development of 2008: Medinol Fraud

Posted on March 18, 2009
#5 Trademark Law Development of 2008: Medinol Fraud

SHRM Top Rated Speaker List 2008 Includes Trademark Attorney Mark Partridge

Posted on March 16, 2009
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) has published its list of top-rated speakers from its annual convention in 2008. I honored to lead the list and look forward to speaking for SHRM again at its annual convention in 2009 in New Orleans. Please let me know if you would like to arrange a similar program for your company, association or organization...

#4 Trademark Law Development of 2008: Non-commercial Speech

Posted on March 15, 2009
#4 Trademark Law Development of 2008: Non-commercial Speech:

New Book: "Alternative Dispute Resolution - An Essential Competency for Lawyers" By Mark Partridge, Trademark Lawyer and Mediator

Posted on March 14, 2009
I'm pleased to announce that I have a new book coming out from Oxford University Press in May 2009 entitled "Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Essential Competency For Lawyers." Client demands have caused ADR to become a mainstream discipline. It's time to master the skills...

$4.5 Million Awarded in Trademark Infringement and Telemarketing Fraud Suit

Posted on March 13, 2009
Janet Marvel and Jared Solovay of Pattishall, McAuliffe in Chicago, obtained a judgment for $4.5 million from the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of their client Medline Industries, Inc. in Medline Industries, Inc. v...

#3 Trademark Development of 2008: Artistic Expression - strip club in video game

Posted on March 01, 2009

#2 Trademark Law Development of 2008: Dilution Dilution

Posted on February 24, 2009
#2 Trademark Law Development of 2008: Dilution Dilution

#1 Trademark Law Developement of 2008: Famous Marks Doctrine

Posted on February 24, 2009
I am speaking on Friday February 27, 2009, at the John Marshall Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law on the top ten trademark law developments of 2008. Here they are: #1 Trademark Law Developement of 2008: Famous Marks Doctrine

Trademark Owners Should Consider .mp Domain Name Registration

Posted on February 20, 2009
Saipan DataCom, Inc.?s upcoming late March 2009 open launch of chi.mp (?Content Hub & Identity Management Platform) has implications for trademark holders that seem to have gone unnoticed to date. Chi.mp is a free platform that enables social network users to create social hubs on their own stand-alone hosted Web sites...

$2 Million Plus Awarded in Trademark Infringement Case

Posted on February 11, 2009
Chicago Lawyers Win $2 Million Award in Trademark Case Feb. 11, 2009. Judge Elaine Bucklo of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois today awarded over $2 million to Paxar Corporation, f/k/a Monarch Marking Systems and now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avery Dennison Corp...

"Copyrights and Wrongs" - The Guiding Rights Newsletter 3:1

Posted on February 07, 2009
Speakers, trainers, creative professionals - content creators of all types - need to be aware of copyright protection when developing presentations, training materials, slides, or handouts. Using another's material can lead to lengthy law suits, expensive legal bills, and large damages payments...

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