“Sweat of the brow is not enough; originality is required for copyright.” Short Description: The Supreme Court ruled that compilations of...

“Design elements on useful articles can be copyrighted if they can exist independently.” Short Description: This Supreme Court case...

“Parody does not automatically protect against dilution of a famous mark.” Short Description: The Supreme Court considered whether parody...

“Titles of artistic works are protected by the First Amendment if they have artistic relevance and are not explicitly misleading.” Short...

“The government cannot refuse to register trademarks just because they are immoral or scandalous.” Short Description The U.S. Supreme...

“The First Amendment forbids the government from banning trademarks it deems offensive.” Short Description The U.S. Supreme Court struck...

"Trademark law cannot be used to extend the protection of a public domain work." Short Description In this landmark U.S. Supreme Court...

“A mark’s strength depends on where it lies on the spectrum of distinctiveness.” Short Description This U.S. case established the famous...

“A product’s design, standing alone, is not inherently distinctive — it must earn its identity with consumers.” Short Description The...

“Inherently distinctive trade dress deserves protection under the Lanham Act—even without proof of secondary meaning.” Short Description...

“A color alone can serve as a badge of origin — provided it identifies the source and is nonfunctional.” Short Description This U.S....

"Clarity Counts — Ensuring Precision in Patent Claims for Fair Protection and Notice" Short Description : This U.S. Supreme Court case...

Easing the Path to Attorney’s Fees — Making Patent Litigation Fairer for the Victim of Baseless Claims" Short Description : This U.S....

Bringing Patent Venue Back Home — Defining Where Patent Cases Can Be Filed" Short Description: This U.S. Supreme Court case addressed...

"Punishing Willful Infringement — Restoring Judicial Discretion in Patent Damages" Short Description: This U.S. Supreme Court case...

"Defining the Future of Innovation — The Limits of Patentable Ideas" Short Description: This U.S. Supreme Court case addressed whether a...

"When Amendments Speak Louder Than Words — The Reach of the Doctrine of Equivalents” Short Description: This is a U.S. Supreme Court case...

“Supreme Court broadened the standard for determining obviousness in patent cases” Facts Teleflex held a patent for an adjustable pedal...

“Supreme Court held that naturally occurring DNA cannot be patented, but synthetic DNA (cDNA) can be” Facts Myriad Genetics discovered...

Short Description Supreme Court ruled that laws of nature cannot be patented unless there is an additional inventive concept. Facts...