by Michael Lisi | Oct 1, 2017 | Copyright, Digital Rights Management (DRM), DMCA, IP Legislation, Patents
The “Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2017 or the PARTS Act” H.R. 1879 sponsored by Rep. Darrell E. Issa (R-CA) (introduced 4/26/17) would make it not an act of infringement of a design patent to (1) make, test, or offer to sell within, or import...
by Michael Lisi | Sep 16, 2017 | Trademarks
Michael Lisi commented recently in the Detroit Legal News on a pending federal trademark lawsuit regarding U.S. trademark registrations for the mark M-22 as taken from an official State road...
by bridgeipadmin | Jul 27, 2016 | Copyright
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its second decision on June 16, 2016 in the dispute between Thai student Supap Kirtsaeng and publisher John Wiley & Sons. . . In its first decision in 2012, the Court held that the “first sale doctrine” under U.S. copyright law made...
by bridgeipadmin | May 3, 2016 | Art, Copyright, Visual Artists Rights Act
Michael A. Lisi of Bridge IP and Kate Spelman of K&L Gates presented on “Detroit Street Art and Copyright” at the Intellectual Property Institute (ICLE), Detroit, Michigan on September 17, 2015. See art slides here. Kate Spelman is now at Lane Powell PC in...
