Intellectual Property
Issues with online content
About Your Speaker
Andrew L. Eisenberg
- IP Attorney - Lee & Hayes, PLLC- General Counsel – Audiotoniq, Inc. - Associate – L.C. Begin and Associates - Dell, Inc.
- University of Michigan – B.S.E - University of Notre Dame – J.D.
- Copyrights – Creative
- Trademarks – Identifiers
- Patents – Inventive
- Data/Information – Not protected in the USA
Intellectual Property
- Instantaneous and Automatic
- Creative Expression v. Factual Content and Ideas
- Term 150 or Life + 75 - Registration (copyright.gov)
- Statutory Damages
Copyright – Basics
Copyright – Ownership
- Original Author
- License/Copyright Release - In writing and signed
- Works Made for Hire- Employment- Specially Made (Contactor)
- Guest Authors/Experts
- Copying
- Distributing - Reproduction/Performance
- Re-transmission
- Display
- Derivative Works
Copyright – Infringement
- Attribution
- Fair Use and Freedom of Speech
Copyright – Exceptions
- Criticism / Parody
- Education
- News Reporting
Copyright – Online
- Digital Media Copyright Act (DMCA)
- Temporary Copies (Browser Cache)
– Identifier in Commerce
– Characters, Symbols, Words, Phrases, Slogans, Images, Design Elements, Sounds, Scents, Shapes
– Term 10 years but renewable
- May be Common Law, State, or Federal Mark
Trademark – Basics
– Trademark
– Service Mark
– Registered Mark
Trademark – Types
TM
SM
®
- Trademark Search - (USPTO.gov)- Google
- Domain Name
- Form the Entity - (Corporation, LLC, Partnership, …)
- Graphic Designs
Trademark - Before Filing
- Word Mark
- Stylized Design
- Trade Dress
Trademark – Categories
- Intent to Use or Use
- Description of the Mark
- Classification (45 IC)- 1-34 Goods
- 35-45 Services
- Description of Goods - Specimen(s)
Your Application
Use – Timing
- Day 1 - File Use Application
- 4-8 Months - Rejection or Allowance- 3-6 Months Per Rejection
- 1 Month- Publication in Official Gazette
- 30 Day - Opposition Period
- 1 Month - Issuance
Intent to Use – Timing
- Day 1 - File Intent to Use Application
- 6 Months - File Statement of Use
- (e.g., Specimens) - File Extension
- 5 Available- 6 Months Each
- Continued Use- Between 5th and 6th
- Section 9 Renewal (Every 10 Years)- Continued Use- Fee
- Duty to Enforce/Generic Mark
- Confusingly Similar
Maintaining the Mark
- You may use a trademark to:- refer to the owner of the mark- identify goods/services related to the mark
- You may not use a trademark to:- confuse to a consumer- pass off goods/services- harm the brand related to the mark
Trademark – Usage
Trademark Examples
- New, Inventive, and Useful
- Term 20 years from filing (+/-) - Must File with the USPTO
- Given in Exchange for Disclosure
Patent – Basics
Negative Rights
Stool
Chair
Patent – Types
- Provisional
- Utility
- Design
- Place Holder - Temporary - Unpublished
Provisional
- Specification
- Drawings
- Claims
Parts
Timing
- Day 1 - File Provisional Application
- 12 Months - File Nonprovisional Application
- 18 Months- Publication
- 3-6 Months- Office Action (3-12 Months Per Action)
- Related to online shopping cart
- $600k to get dismissed on summery judgment
- Most licenses are offered at $100k
Patent – Online Infringement
Questions?
Andrew Eisenberg 512.456.5140 | [email protected] Research Boulevard, Suite 405 | Austin, Texas 78750
