Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog

The Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog provides news, analysis of relevant case law, summaries of pending litigation, statistical information, and miscellaneous commentary relating to intellectual property issues affecting Maryland businesses, individuals and governments. The blawg also occasionally provides posts of more general interest to Maryland intellectual property practitioners.

Author: Brian Wm. Higgins is an associate at Blank Rome in Washington, D.C. He is also a licensed professional engineer in Maryland.

Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Trademark Law • Trials & Litigation • States • Maryland • Associate

Recent Posts from Maryland Intellectual Property Law Blog

Maryland IP Jobs, Seminar Announcement, Kanye West Lawsuit
Please visit the Maryland IP Jobs page for a list of Intellectual Property jobs in Maryland (if you would like to have an IP-related job in Maryland listed on this website--for free--please send me the information) Invotex Group's Michele…
Number of Patents Issued to Marylanders Inches Up
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) records show that for the year ending June 30, 2008, the PTO granted 1,983 patents naming at least one Maryland resident as an inventor or joint inventor (based on…
Looking for a Few Good Patent Attorneys?
If you're looking for a registered patent attorney (or patent agent) in Maryland near you, visit this website, which provides a map showing the location of registered patent attorneys and agents in Maryland based on address…
Law Article: Assertion of Military and State Secrets Privilege by Government in Patent Cases on the Rise
In their forthcoming Berkeley Technology Law Journal article (alternative link), visiting University of Maryland Associate Professor of Law Davida Isaacs and University of Kentucky Assistant Professor of National Security Robert Farley discuss the Military and…
Judgment Against American Mensa in Trademark Dispute
UPDATE: American Mensa, Ltd. v. Inpharmatica, Ltd. et al., No. 07-3283 (D. Md filed Dec. 6, 2007); assigned to J. Quarles As previously reported on this website, the U.S. District Court for the District…
Cigarette Patent Case Resumes With Jury Trial
UPDATE: Star Scientific vs. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Next Monday, Petersburg, Virginia-based Star Scientific, Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. will resume their battle over allegations of RJR's infringement of Star's U.S. Patent Nos. 6,202,649 and…
Fourth Circuit: Turnitin's Anti-Plagiarism Service a Fair Use
A.V. (Minors) v. iParadigms, LLC, No. 08-1424 and 08-1480 (4th Cir. Apr. 16, 2009) Plaintiffs, four minors (who at the time of their complaint attended high schools in McLean, VA, and Tucson, AZ), brought a copyright infringement…
Hanna-Barbera Productions Opposes Registration of Yogiberry Trademark
Rockville, MD-based Yogiberry, Inc., filed an application for registration of the mark YOGIBERRY in the U.S. Trademark Office on March 11, 2008, which was approved for publication and subsequently published for opposition on September…
Settlement News and MD Bar Association Events
Many of you have inquired about the status of the Nacre v. Silynx Communications matter, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on October 2, 2007. I am not surprised by the interest,…
Number of Copyright Lawsuits in Maryland Increases
Data available from Justia.com shows that the number of copyright lawsuits filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland (Greenbelt and Baltimore divisions combined) in 2008 (40; see table below comparing Districts) was…