On October 5, 2020, United States District Judge I. Leo Glasser (E.D.N.Y.) denied plaintiff Alexsam, Inc.’s (“Alexsam”) motion for reconsideration of the court’s June 17, 2020 summary judgment ruling. Alexsam sued defendant Mastercard International Inc. ....
IP management is a “new-born” discipline. Traditionally, IP departments were under the oversight of General Counsel. Therefore, their role has been characterized from the risk management perspective. 'Assist the business stick out of trouble and ....
Nancy Slutter is a lawyer at the Patent Office. Her husband is Regis Slutter, who is a partner at Burns Doane Swecker & Mathis LLP, Intellectual Property Law. Isn't that precious that he deals in "intellectual property ....
This belongs in Ripley's Believe It Or Not! I couldn't afford to pay the second Maintenance Fee on a 1989 patent of mine at the time that it was due. When I could afford it, ....
Every year, the Director of the Patent Office produces an Annual Goals document. A recurring goal is for Patent Office employees to be more responsive to inventors by returning their phone calls. Evidently this has ....
In 2003, Forbes Magazine ran a series of articles about the Patent Office. The following was my Letter To The Editor. They did print part of my letter, but not the part about "Downwind"... To ....
If you are lawyer, you already know that a U.S. Attorney can't be trusted. But if you are an individual planning to bring litigation on your own, you need to be aware from the very ....
Did you know that all of your private documents sent in with Form PTO/SB/65 were made public by the Patent Office for Identity Theft criminals to steal? All of your personal information that you had to send ....
Florida seems to have more than its share of unethical judges. Partisan behavior by judges during the 2000 elections made Florida a laughing stock of the entire world. And their inept decisions in the Terri ....