October 1, 2015

The USPTO has announced the deployment of the Version 2.1 of the Next Generation Trademark Manual of Identification and Classification of Goods and Services (IDM-NG) available at tmidm.uspto.gov. The IDM-NG search system and results display have been updated to include…

July 23, 2015

Woodard, Emhardt associate Michael Morris was selected for the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Bar Leader Series, Class XIII.  The Bar Leader Series is designed to develop lawyers for future opportunities in leadership roles in business and legal communities.  Through the series,…

March 26, 2014

Associate Mike Morris helped announce a new scholarship opportunity for engineering students interested in pursuing careers in intellectual property. The new scholarship is available to Rose-Hulman graduates admitted to the Indiana University Maurer School of Law and will reduce the…

April 19, 2013

Viacom, a major player in both television and film, recently lost another round in its long-running, landmark copyright litigation against YouTube. In yet another attempt to hold YouTube liable for sharing Viacom’s content on its site, Viacom alleged that YouTube…

March 5, 2013

The firm sponsored at table at the March 4th Gathering of Eagles Dinner, an annual awards and fellowship banquet bringing together Eagle Scouts from around the Central Indiana Counsel of the Boy Scouts of America. The event was held on…

June 21, 2012

ICANN, the corporation responsible for technical coordination of the Internet such as IP-address-allocation and domain-name system (DNS), recently released the full list of applied-for new generic top level domain (gTLD) strings.  There were a total of 1930 applications submitted from…

June 14, 2012

The world’s first financial exchange facilitating non-exclusive licensing and trading of intellectual property rights is expected to begin trading this year.  Intellectual Property Exchange International, Inc. (“IPXI”) will offer Unit License Rights™ (“ULRs”), a non-exclusive license of a particular unit…

December 28, 2011

Below is a presentation providing a primer on trade secret and copyright law. This is followed by a detailed explanation of a portion of the 1976 Copyright Act that provides copyright holders the ability to terminate their licenses and assignments.…

September 23, 2011

The 2011 Midwest Intellectual Property Summit will be held November 17th and will showcase presentations on the latest research and topics of concern in the field of intellectual property.  Woodard, Emhardt attorneys presenting at the Summit include Michael Morris and…

August 29, 2011

The copyright act provides the authors of transferred or licensed works the opportunity to recapture his or her rights.  This means that after waiting a specific period of time, an author, or an author’s estate, can terminate a prior transfer…

August 25, 2011

Woodard, Emhardt associate Bill McKenna was selected for the Indianapolis Bar Association’s Bar Leader Series.  The Indy Bar’s Bar Leader Series is designed to develop lawyers for future opportunities in leadership roles in business and legal communities.  Through the series,…

August 12, 2011

Law firms and in-house attorneys are always asking inventors to keep lab notebooks.  There are a number of reasons to keep such documentation, including seeking patent protection, but there is another reason that is often overlooked, substantial tax credits.  …