Our LGP office in Bangkok wants to assure our clients: We’re still up and running and getting to the office. Although government officials are “a bit” distracted by the civil unrest and able to respond less quickly to requests for counterfeit seizures and the like, matters are proceeding. Mass demonstrations… more >
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a copyright case involving “unauthorized” sales of legitimate (non-counterfeit) Omega watches that were made in Switzerland for sale in Europe but imported by Costco for sale within the United States. At issue is whether the “first sale doctrine” prohibits Omega from suing… more >
One Federal Circuit Court of Appeals decision has given a new lease on life of an “old” remedy regarding false patent marking. Another may soon cut it down. Patent statute section 292 permits competitors and other private parties to sue patent owners who mark their goods with expired patents. In… more >
The Supreme Court in the landmark case of Chakrabarty permitted patenting of living organisms, so long as the organism is “man-made.” Natural material as such is therefore unpatentable, but patenting has been permitted on material such as DNA, when it has been isolated and purified in a state or manner… more >
US-based industry groups such as the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of American and the Biotechnology Industry Organization are urging the US Government to effect a downgrade of Thailand’s listing from the “watch list” to the “priority foreign country” list, the worst status assigned to countries by the U.S. Trade Representative.… more >