Bart
@bartnewland.bsky.social
Biotech GC/Chief IP Counsel. Turning ideas into therapies as GC of Atalanta Therapeutics. 34-yr non-Hodgkin's lymphoma survivor. Husband, father, and doggie daddy of Sun King Louis the Coton de Tulear.
I went ahead and just deleted my account last week or so.
January 6, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I went ahead and just deleted my account last week or so.
I guess I'm growin' a mustache in 2025
January 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I guess I'm growin' a mustache in 2025
Thanks! Im remarkably comfortable with the entire concept!
January 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thanks! Im remarkably comfortable with the entire concept!
expert opinion work, etc. I play well with law firm lawyers and not looking to steal their clients.
2. Deleted my Xitter account.
3. Happy as ever to chat about legal/IP careers, #inhouse vs. law firm work, and the impact of IP and patents particularly on drug prices (hint- its not patents!).
2. Deleted my Xitter account.
3. Happy as ever to chat about legal/IP careers, #inhouse vs. law firm work, and the impact of IP and patents particularly on drug prices (hint- its not patents!).
January 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
expert opinion work, etc. I play well with law firm lawyers and not looking to steal their clients.
2. Deleted my Xitter account.
3. Happy as ever to chat about legal/IP careers, #inhouse vs. law firm work, and the impact of IP and patents particularly on drug prices (hint- its not patents!).
2. Deleted my Xitter account.
3. Happy as ever to chat about legal/IP careers, #inhouse vs. law firm work, and the impact of IP and patents particularly on drug prices (hint- its not patents!).
Oh I do NOT sit idly by when people talk on the quiet car. I'll shush them....tell them that "the quiet car means we are all quiet"....and I'll get the conductor involved.
December 4, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Oh I do NOT sit idly by when people talk on the quiet car. I'll shush them....tell them that "the quiet car means we are all quiet"....and I'll get the conductor involved.
PS this may be much ado about nothing. The only "ENRON" mark I see still registered covers t-shirts and polo shirts; it looks like all of the old Enron Corp. registrations are dead.
December 4, 2024 at 12:58 AM
PS this may be much ado about nothing. The only "ENRON" mark I see still registered covers t-shirts and polo shirts; it looks like all of the old Enron Corp. registrations are dead.
would be helpful . . . but currently it's every 10 years. I have not looked at the ENRON registration to see when it was last renewed.
December 4, 2024 at 12:51 AM
would be helpful . . . but currently it's every 10 years. I have not looked at the ENRON registration to see when it was last renewed.
So "cancellation" would just be of a registration and not of the primary TM rights. Additionally, the USPTO has no system to monitor the ongoing use or non-use of marks, so they simply cannot proactively cancel registrations. We could argue that more frequent fee payments to maintain reg. . . .
December 4, 2024 at 12:51 AM
So "cancellation" would just be of a registration and not of the primary TM rights. Additionally, the USPTO has no system to monitor the ongoing use or non-use of marks, so they simply cannot proactively cancel registrations. We could argue that more frequent fee payments to maintain reg. . . .
A significant reason is that TM registrations are just that -- registrations. Whilst federal registration does impart SOME substantive rights, the primary substantive TM rights arise though use . . . and die through non-use. Very different than a patent, where ALL rights are granted by the gov't.
December 4, 2024 at 12:47 AM
A significant reason is that TM registrations are just that -- registrations. Whilst federal registration does impart SOME substantive rights, the primary substantive TM rights arise though use . . . and die through non-use. Very different than a patent, where ALL rights are granted by the gov't.
Showed pics of their storefront and logo to my wife. "Oh yeah that's not good."
December 3, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Showed pics of their storefront and logo to my wife. "Oh yeah that's not good."
That same response is exactly right in-house with a sr. business leader; promise to find out and to follow-up with an email, etc., at an agreed-upon time. "Ms. CEO I don't know but I will email you later today with the answer."
December 3, 2024 at 9:23 PM
That same response is exactly right in-house with a sr. business leader; promise to find out and to follow-up with an email, etc., at an agreed-upon time. "Ms. CEO I don't know but I will email you later today with the answer."
For us lawyers, it's ab-so-lute-ly an appropriate response when asked something you cannot answer off the top of your head. Of course this varies by context. As an in-house lawyer you should be free to say this a fair amount. Standing in front of a judge, maybe not so much eh?
December 3, 2024 at 9:18 PM
For us lawyers, it's ab-so-lute-ly an appropriate response when asked something you cannot answer off the top of your head. Of course this varies by context. As an in-house lawyer you should be free to say this a fair amount. Standing in front of a judge, maybe not so much eh?
. . . the purchase of the mark without the purchase of the underlying business of the goods/services for which it was at one time used and registered, that is, the severance of the mark from its goods/services, results in loss of rights.
December 3, 2024 at 9:14 PM
. . . the purchase of the mark without the purchase of the underlying business of the goods/services for which it was at one time used and registered, that is, the severance of the mark from its goods/services, results in loss of rights.
. . . is that the USPTO never cancelled it, likely because no one ever petitioned them to cancel it. This does not mean, however, that the "purchasers" of that registration actually purchased any enforceable rights. To the contrary, . . .
December 3, 2024 at 9:14 PM
. . . is that the USPTO never cancelled it, likely because no one ever petitioned them to cancel it. This does not mean, however, that the "purchasers" of that registration actually purchased any enforceable rights. To the contrary, . . .
Some bad TM law takes in that article. A mark only has legal effect when used in connection with goods or services. Whilst the registration was still on the books, that does not mean that the mark "was still valid as a mark" per the article! All it means . . .
December 3, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Some bad TM law takes in that article. A mark only has legal effect when used in connection with goods or services. Whilst the registration was still on the books, that does not mean that the mark "was still valid as a mark" per the article! All it means . . .
Jrue wants a word with you
December 3, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Jrue wants a word with you
I posted this already but I go for 1/2 and 1/2 tonic water and club soda; all tonic water is too sweet for my taste.
December 3, 2024 at 3:53 PM
I posted this already but I go for 1/2 and 1/2 tonic water and club soda; all tonic water is too sweet for my taste.
I think it remains important for junior people to attend company/firm social events. But per this thread, it's even more important that they stay sober and behave appropriately. No one will criticize anyone for walking around with my favorite which is 1/2 tonic water, 1/2 club soda, and a lime.
December 3, 2024 at 3:51 PM
I think it remains important for junior people to attend company/firm social events. But per this thread, it's even more important that they stay sober and behave appropriately. No one will criticize anyone for walking around with my favorite which is 1/2 tonic water, 1/2 club soda, and a lime.
Just don't delete your account and thus make your username fair game . . . if you care about that at all.
December 2, 2024 at 5:32 PM
Just don't delete your account and thus make your username fair game . . . if you care about that at all.
Unfortunately it's a theoretical argument. . . . until a few of us fund the resurrection of WordPerfect, which outside of a few briefwriting nerds, would be a total flop :(.
December 2, 2024 at 5:25 PM
Unfortunately it's a theoretical argument. . . . until a few of us fund the resurrection of WordPerfect, which outside of a few briefwriting nerds, would be a total flop :(.
