Alex Weidner

1 week ago | cbs6albany.com | Alex Weidner

(WRGB) — Do you have a comfort show? Something you can throw on in the background, you don't seek it out and follow the plot each week, but you don't mind if it's the only thing on TV. The first time I saw NCIS was probably 15 years ago, at my grandparent's house. My late grandfather would always be watching it, and eventually my parents picked up that habit. Now, every time I visit home, it's there to greet me on the television.

3 weeks ago | mondaq.com | Brendan Bement |Steven Heinrich |Sylvia Turner |Alex Weidner

While the average person may only consider reading patents whenthey have difficulty sleeping, U.S. Pat. No. 6,368,227 ("the'227 patent") proves that anyone can be an innovator andthat patents can occasionally be an amusing read.

4 weeks ago | mondaq.com | Brendan Bement |Steven Heinrich |Sylvia Turner |Alex Weidner

In a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Court highlighted the importance of naming the correct defendant(s) in trademark infringement cases.1 Under the federal statute governing trademarks, the Lanham Act, a prevailing plaintiff in a trademark infringement suit may be entitled to an award of the "defendant's profits." In the Dewberry opinion, the Supreme Court determined whether a district court may total the profits of a named corporate defendant with those of separately...

4 weeks ago | mondaq.com | Brendan Bement |Steven Heinrich |Sylvia Turner |Alex Weidner

The United States Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, occupies a unique role within the federal government because it is entirely fee-funded and, along with the Internal Revenue Service, is one of the few cashflow positive agencies.1 Additionally, unlike many agencies that only began to permit remote work in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the USPTO adopted telework and remote work in the early 2000s and approximately 96% of the agency works remotely.2 Perhaps because its fee-funded...

1 month ago | mondaq.com | Brendan Bement |Steven Heinrich |Sylvia Turner |Alex Weidner

Post-pandemic, the fitness bug took off. After almost two yearsof feeling trapped indoors, people began flocking to the gym forstrength training, to the studios for Pilates, to the trails forrunning, and to the courts for pickleball. With the surge inphysical activity, sportswear companies are competing to producecutting-edge designs that are functional, comfortable, andaesthetically pleasing. In previous decades, house names, such asNike, Adidas, and Puma, dominated the market.