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Jan 30, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Nicholas P. Zalany |Joseph Grasser
Last Fall in this space, we discussed the U.S. Copyright
Office's AI Initiative launched in early 2023. Among
other things, the Initiative's portal compiles registration
decisions for AI-generated materials. Particularly instructive is a
December 11, 2023 decision by the Copyright Review Board
affirming the denial of registration to an AI-generated artwork.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
natlawreview.com | Ryan Bykerk |Philip Person |Nicholas P. Zalany |Joseph Grasser
USCIS previously deferred its proposed filing fee increase until early 2024 – and the increase might be coming out very soon! This increase will come on top of the increased premium processing fees that will go into effect on Feb. 26, 2024. The premium processing fee increase is approximately 12%. Some of the proposed general filing fee increases went well beyond that. The agency’s budget is fee-based and the increased fees were proposed to recover operating costs and decrease backlogs.
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Jan 22, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Nicholas P. Zalany |Joseph Grasser
Last Fall in this space, we discussed the U.S. Copyright Office’s AI Initiative launched in early 2023. Among other things, the Initiative’s portal compiles registration decisions for AI-generated materials. Particularly instructive is a December 11, 2023 decision by the Copyright Review Board affirming the denial of registration to an AI-generated artwork.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Nicholas P. Zalany
The Federal Circuit recently issued a decision with important
ramifications on how petitions for cancellation due to fraud will
be handled by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
("Board") going forward.
In Great Concepts LLC v.
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Nov 2, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Nicholas P. Zalany
The Federal Circuit recently issued a decision with important ramifications on how petitions for cancellation due to fraud will be handled by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) going forward. In Great Concepts LLC v.
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Sep 25, 2023 | 
lexology.com | Nicholas P. Zalany
2023 has been a watershed year for AI with its entry into the broader public consciousness. AI has been front and center in the legal space as well, as this blog has detailed here and here. Now, the U.S. Copyright Office (USCO) isseeking public comments on the various legal, technical and policy issues raised by AI systems.
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Aug 8, 2023 | 
mondaq.com | Nicholas P. Zalany
As we recently covered in this space, the Supreme
Court in Abitron Austria GmbH et al. v. Hetronic International,
Inc. held that Sections 1114(1)(a) and 1125(a)(1) of the
Lanham Act are not extraterritorial and extend only to claims where
the infringing use in commerce is domestic. We anticipated that
district courts would soon be addressing this decision in pending
and future litigation.
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Aug 3, 2023 | 
natlawreview.com | Nicholas P. Zalany
As we recently covered in this space, the Supreme Court in Abitron Austria GmbH et al. v. Hetronic International, Inc. held that Sections 1114(1)(a) and 1125(a)(1) of the Lanham Act are not extraterritorial and extend only to claims where the infringing use in commerce is domestic. We anticipated that district courts would soon be addressing this decision in pending and future litigation.
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Aug 3, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Nicholas P. Zalany
As we recently covered in this space, the Supreme Court in Abitron Austria GmbH et al. v. Hetronic International, Inc. held that Sections 1114(1)(a) and 1125(a)(1) of the Lanham Act are not extraterritorial and extend only to claims where the infringing use in commerce is domestic. We anticipated that district courts would soon be addressing this decision in pending and future litigation.
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Jul 10, 2023 | 
lexblog.com | Joseph Grasser |Nicholas P. Zalany
The authors wish to thank Summer Associate Will Baker (Cleveland) for his work on this timely blog. Trademark owners take note: In Abitron Austria GmbH et al. v. Hetronic International, Inc. the Supreme Court definitively ruled that Sections 1114(1)(a) and 1125(a)(1) of the Lanham Act are not exterritorial and extend only to claims where the infringing use in commerce is domestic.
