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Wish Upon a Star: Experts Share Their Wildest IP Dreams for 2021
We have already published industry roundups on the biggest moments in IP for 2020 and predictions and thoughts for 2021. But the longest running industry insider feature on IPWatchdog …
What to Watch in 2021: IP Stakeholders Offer Predictions and Thoughts for the New Year
Each December, we ask industry experts to identify what mattered in IP for the previous year, as well as their wildest IP dreams for the new year. …
The Year in Patents: Ten Developments We’ll Remember From 2020
As we end 2020— a year most of us probably wish to forget— it appears that after much litigation it is finally safe to call Joe Biden the …
The Top 10 Patents of 2020: From Social Distancing Tech to Facilitating Driverless Vehicles in 5G Networks
As the world bids good riddance to 2020, cursed as it has been by the COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant shutdown of major swathes of the globe’s …
The Copyright Top Five of 2020
From the Google v. Oracle arguments to Congress’ year-long discussion around reform of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 2020 was a big one for copyright law. A …
Top USPTO Developments of 2020—and What to Expect in 2021
Novel and non-obvious can be easily used to describe the events of 2020, both here in the United States and around the world. Despite all the challenges, there …
Federal Circuit Reflections, 2020: The Good and (Mostly) Bad
If you’re looking for some positive patent news from 2020, count the heightened civic awareness of our intellectual-property/innovation policies, as a result of the global pandemic, …
What Mattered in 2020? Industry Experts Have Their Say on This Year’s Biggest Moments in IP
As we get ready to usher in the new year this week (hopefully in smaller groups than usual), it is once again time to look back on …
More Iconic (and Patented) Toys and Games: A 2020 Update
It’s Christmastime yet again and we return to a holiday feature made popular in recent years by IPWatchdog Founder Gene Quinn: a roundup of patents covering …
Presents for Patent Attorneys!
Christmastime is here again, and IPWatchdog is back with the 2020 edition of our Christmas list for patent attorneys. If you have a patent attorney in your life …
Europe’s Top Five (Non-Patent) IP Developments of 2020
In a previous piece, we covered the top five patent developments of the year in Europe. Here, we review some of the key cases and legislation that …
Looking Back at the Highest Impact Trademark Cases of 2020
This year saw its fair share of high profile trademark cases: the Second Circuit vacated Tiffany & Co.’s $25 million summary judgment win against Costco Wholesale Corp. in …
How the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic Changed IP Practice
Greek philosopher Heraclitus is credited with saying “the only thing that is constant is change.” In 2020, life for everyone changed, including for those in the intellectual property (…
The Top Five European Patent Developments of 2020
It’s the time of year to reflect upon the cases and trends that have shaped IP over the past 12 months. Here are our picks for the …
Take Heed: Lessons from the Top Trade Secret Cases of 2020
One of the uniquely fascinating aspects of trade secret disputes is that they are laced with unbridled emotions, accusations of treachery, and actors who angrily disagree over …
