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Briefs Archive

MVS Briefs September 2013

  • Managing Risk When Using Open Source Software in a Proprietary Product
  • Patents for Financial Services Inventions Continue to Flourish
  • The Happy Birthday Song – Copyrighted or Public Domain?
  • The Story of Samuel Hopkins: How History Sometimes Becomes the Invention
  • Certified Licensing Professional Designation
  • We’re There
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MVS Briefs June 2013

  • Trademark Protection at the Outset
  • MVS Wins Trademark Suit for Fox TV
  • ICANN’s new gTLD Trademark Clearinghouse – Yet Another Way to Protect Against Cybersquatting
  • The First Sale Doctrine Re-Emerges in the Twenty-First Century
  • What’s the Price
  • Coach Gable Addresses MVS Team
  • We’re There
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MVS Briefs March 2013

  • Adjusting to First to File Under the America Invents Act
  • Micro Entity Status Discounts Certain USPTO Fees by 75%, But Does My University Qualify?
  • Lost and Found: the “Orphan Works” Debate is Back
  • MVS Opens Satellite Office in Austin, Texas
  • We’re There
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MVS Briefs December 2012

  • Billion Dollar Verdicts…How Can Patent Rights Be That Valuable?
  • Considerations for Filing Patent Applications in China
  • True or False: The Minute a U.S. Patent Expires- You Can Make- Use- or Sell It Without Any Risk?
  • New Satellite Offices for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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MVS Briefs September 2012

  • Patenting in Foreign Countries–Spotlight on South Korea
  • America Invents Act of 2011 Update
  • Partnering with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Patrol to Get The Most Out of Trademark and Copyright Protection
  • MVS Attorney Goes the Distance
  • We’re There
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MVS Briefs June 2012

  • The Patenting of Inventions Related to Online Transactions
  • Industries Active with Intellectual Property (IP) Contribute Substantially to the Economy
  • Claim Preambles: Unnecessary Matters of Chance and Confusion
  • Whole Grain White Bread?
  • Global Trademark Activities
  • We’re There
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MVS Briefs March 2012

  • ICANN Launches New gTLD Process
  • Proposed House Bill Exception to Design Patent Infringement
  • Did You Know
  • Score
  • We’re There
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MVS Briefs December 2011

  • The Dangers of Using Someone Else’s Trademark
  • 8 Million and Counting
  • Scam Alert: Unofficial Patent and Trademark Solicitations
  • We’re There
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MVS Briefs September 2011

  • Possible Changes to Patent Law
  • Consider Defending Your Federally Registered Trademark From the New .XXX Top Level Domain
  • Where There’s A Will There’s A Way
  • We’re There
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MVS Briefs June 2011

  • Patentable Subject Matter Update
  • Girl Scout Group Wins First Lego League Global Innovation Award
  • Legal Considerations in Advertising
  • We’ll Be There
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