The wine industry is undergoing a massive paradigm shift, forced to adapt to extreme weather volatility, shifting demographics, and rising input costs. Viticulture (the agricultural side of...
There is an assumption that cofounds founders, investors, and business owners off guard. It goes like this: “I own 100% of the shares in my corporation. Therefore, I own 100% of everything the...
It has been more than a year since Recentive Analytics, Inc. v. Fox Corp., was decided in which four Recentive patents covering machine-learning-generated TV broadcast schedules and network maps —...
When a trademark applicant files a multi-class application, it is mostly about efficiency. However, myriad problems can arise during prosecution of the application that could complicate the...
On June 8, 2026, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Peju Province Winery L.P. v. Cesari S.R.L.. The long-running trademark battle centered on whether a 2004 Trademark Trial and...
On May 27, 2026, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued the opinion in Estate of Worrell v. Thang, Inc. The case involved the estate of legendary Parliament-Funkadelic (P-Funk)...
The adoption of generative AI has fundamentally shifted how businesses operate. Millions of professionals feed data into AI chatbots every day to draft communications, optimize software, or analyze...
On June 9, 2026, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order vacating the recent Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg case, which we discussed on the blog. In that opinion, the three-judge panel held...
The global patent system was designed during the Industrial Revolution to reward human ingenuity and foster technological progress. But today, we find ourselves in the midst of an AI revolution,...
While the legal battles between generative AI and copyright have dominated the headlines, a secondary, equally volatile storm is brewing in the world of intellectual property: trademarks. Trademarks...