Protecting Jenka Lab IP Rights in Counterfeit Games Lawsuit
Lawsuit served by Founders Legal, Jenka Lab against Crazy Software for alleged game counterfeiting at 2023 Amusement Expo International.
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New Associate Attorney, Melanie Lane, Strengthens our Trademark and Litigation Teams
Founders Legal is excited to welcome Melanie Lane to the team! Melanie joined as an Associate Attorney, enriching our Trademark and Litigation teams.
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Six Founders Legal® Attorneys Named to 2024 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
Founders Legal is pleased to announce that six of its attorneys are included in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America. Distinguished Achievements in Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Technology, Corporate Governance and Compliance, and Mergers & Acquisitions Law.
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Regulation Enforcement of CryptoCurrency Sept-2018
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) announced on Tuesday, September 11, 2018, its first disciplinary action for securities violations against a cryptocurrency. The disciplinary action involves Rocky Mountain Ayre, Inc. (RMTN) in connection with its issuing and selling of HempCoin, which was marketed as “the first minable coin backed by marketable securities”. Ayre bought the…
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Can I Get Trademark Protection For A Board Game?
Trademark Protection for Board Games Jump to: Most savvy entrepreneurs know to apply for trademarks on their product names, company names, logos and slogans. Of those, inventors who make board games often go straight to patent filings and forget about the trademark analysis, as explored in my article here: This article considers a sub-category of…
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What Is a Patent Search?
Intellectual Property: What is Patent Search? A Patent Search is a search of the United States Patents and Publications (USPP) database to see if there are any Patents or Patents Pending disclosing something similar to your invention. There are two types of searches; keyword searches and a class/art unit search done within the USPP Database….
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What Name and Address Should I List in My Correspondence?
Please submit the contact information of the individual who is designated as the contact point for: 1.The Patent Attorney Consultation that will follow your submission, 2.The Staff Attorneys and Customer Service Representatives, and 3.All correspondence from the United States Patent and Trademark Office regarding the Provisional Patent. If you are interested in more detail related…
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When Should I File a Non-Provisional Patent Application?
You do not need to have realized, developed, implemented the subject of a patent application in order to be granted patent protection. Many inventors and companies file non-provisional patent applications on simple ideas and they are awarded patents. The USPTO, or most any jurisdiction of the developed world, does not require that the subject of…
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What Is a Provisional Patent Application?
A Provisional Patent legally establishes the date from which an inventor is entitled patent protection to his or her idea (known as the ‘priority date’) and allows the inventor to describe the idea as “Patent Pending.” Filing a provisional application for patent (commonly known as a Provisional Patent) is the first step in securing patent rights…
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What Happens If Not All of the Inventors Agree on the Assignment?
A joint-inventor (that is, one inventor of a group of inventors of a patent) who does not assign his patent rights remains in full possession of those rights. A person or entity that does not receive rights to the patent from every inventor is considered as a partial assignee. The partial assignee must share his/her…
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