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Go, Fight, Win: SCOTUS Says Cheerleading Uniforms Are Functional AND Creative

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Stuffed miniature mascots in cheerleading uniforms. Monthly calendars featuring cheerleaders. Clothing designed to mimic cheerleading uniforms. What do all of these have in common? They are sold in university gift shops and, under the Supreme Court’s latest decision on cheerleading uniforms, they are likely infringing works. The US Supreme Court recently ruled that fashionable 2-D and 3-D Read more about Go, Fight, Win: SCOTUS Says Cheerleading Uniforms Are Functional AND Creative[…]

Are Your Computer Programs Patentable?

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Patenting Computer Inventions in view of the recent Supreme Court Ruling Computer code is not mentioned as being patentable under the 35 U.S.C. 101.  However, mathematical algorithms have been excluded from patent protection and computer code was historically believed to be unpatentable since it fundamentally relied upon a mathematical process.  In the 1960s and 1970s, Read more about Are Your Computer Programs Patentable?[…]

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Do you Know Patent Basics?

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Patents are often discussed, but more than any other type of intellectual property, usually misunderstood.  Simply stated, patents are a right granted from the government to exclude others from competing with the patent owner.  To obtain a patent, a number of requirements must be met, but if they are met, the government grants the patent Read more about Do you Know Patent Basics?[…]