nostr:npub1s6j92nksrya5maxy3wuaqsupuxfu79tklpsqnq3lrmcwhskewh0ql2k6rz Wait, what? Not that I don't believe you. Just curious about what you're seeing.
Subversive Tools v. Bootstrap Farmer - New cases alleges infringement of unregistered product-design trade dress for the shape of "plant cultivation trays": https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.603826/gov.uscourts.nysd.603826.1.0.pdf
Checking in on that #USPTO request for comments on "Future Strategies in Anticounterfeiting and Antipiracy." https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/05/25/2023-10770/future-strategies-in-anticounterfeiting-and-antipiracy
Comments are due in two weeks.
Looks like there are currently a total of eight comments.
Four have been posted: https://www.regulations.gov/document/PTO-C-2023-0006-0001/comment
As some of you know, I'm currently writing about the rhetoric of "counterfeiting" in discussions of design patent law & policy. We'll see if any of these comments end up being included in my next draft.
#IntellectualProperty
D693,571 - issued in 2013 for a design for a "hand bag." #DesignPatents
nostr:npub1ev7r9hjxfvcy6p5fr852zp8j7uak5w2pa90qn28yxsp7g99jq34s83wsd0 Yikes. Mute them (even temporarily)?
nostr:npub1eznehj29kh9ec58v65ehf9n06m3pm07t2j23gqza2j2u8apns4zqns5el5 Well, this one covers the shape AND the surface design (which I assume is not naturally-occurring). But you're right that there may be a functionality problem for, say, the Hershey's Kiss trade dress registration
nostr:npub1j46f9va5qdrmamcwmncew7g8mwekgma386dhws6k04fsnlkqpcpsj23gm7 Wait, what? My family has always filled them the "EU" way--more holes for salt, fewer for pepper.
nostr:npub1f2cqt26jn8r9tjajr6v38k9pesavd3trcyx5xskke55py8um05hqqjyavf Nope, not that I'm aware of.
nostr:npub1f2cqt26jn8r9tjajr6v38k9pesavd3trcyx5xskke55py8um05hqqjyavf nostr:npub1cqwfpu4znm2al0jksr5ah40vqcmdgf9gsvjh269k3pfdjrlllkks2jqsc0 posted a lot of good ones here, if you haven't seen it yet: https://mastodon.social/@Colarusso/110186928709144404
My biggest advice is: Follow a lot of people. Like a lot. Like way more than you think in necessary/appropriate. You can always unfollow later.
And if you're into lists, the Advanced Web Interface is pretty great.
nostr:npub1f2cqt26jn8r9tjajr6v38k9pesavd3trcyx5xskke55py8um05hqqjyavf nostr:npub1cqwfpu4znm2al0jksr5ah40vqcmdgf9gsvjh269k3pfdjrlllkks2jqsc0 posted a lot of good ones here, if you haven't seen it yet: https://mastodon.social/@Colarusso/110186928709144404
My biggest advice is: Follow a lot of people. Like a lot. Like way more than you think in necessary/appropriate. You can always unfollow later.
And if you're into lists, the Advanced Web Interface is pretty great.
And nostr:npub1ttq42glgk9e0jstsultyfnumyvll0fcq79sretex288fkyslpr4q77ctyh!
#LawProfs #LawFedi
Looks like the OG has been posted. Still no bulk patents. 🙁
That oh-so-satisfying feeling when you're revising a draft and you realize, "oh THIS is where that piece goes!"
#AmWriting #WritingLife
nostr:npub1slhn7wf3h589tz5fcxjchmdax2ymnh9sx2hvqmq6ynvx27r0y68qx96n5y Oh, interesting. How so?
nostr:npub1ulmk7rglm7y8cykt7h40zhwnhv9c37qxq5tnna3jqz4wjx52wd8q2whweg nostr:npub17ccqcmngac03zdj9f06alkp0ckr83fmdhq0c5nalxa6fnr682xtq23nwac hey! Randos have fellings too!
#RandosMatter
nostr:npub182sqds7al8sn3nxpks6cg995wqgz5nxd6afn5mtmjymum9xx4zdq2vq6t5 nostr:npub17ccqcmngac03zdj9f06alkp0ckr83fmdhq0c5nalxa6fnr682xtq23nwac Ha, fair! I probably should have expressly written out the relevant adjectives there, e.g., "obnoxious randos" or "rude randos" 😆
nostr:npub103wecfapp9hm0j5jfap5j4ft3d4ye0z7zfm5t4807yvnyu5rnqxqueanta The underlying situation just makes me so, so sad.
It occurs to be that there are many interesting parallels between:
"I don't see other men being jerks on this platform, therefore it must not be happening"
and
"I saw her speak at a conference last month, therefore the investigation must be a sham"