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The US Patent System Knocked Out of Top Ten

by Intellectual Property Attorney Bill Honaker, the IP Guy The annual U.S. Chamber International IP Index is fresh off the presses. The United States ranked 12th, behind Singapore, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the UK. The scores were close, Singapore the leader scored a 7.75, the others above the […]

US Postal Service Guilty of Copyright Infringement . . . Again!

Oops! They did it again! by Intellectual Property Attorney Bill Honaker, the IP Guy Don’t let your business get caught up in a copyright lawsuit. They’re messy and expensive. And it could happen to you. Copyrights are everywhere in business; for example, copyrights are on your website, product pictures and descriptions, annual reports, brochures, software, […]

Supreme Court Gives Patent Owners Big Win

by Intellectual Property Attorney Bill Honaker, the IP Guy On June 22, 2018, the United States Supreme Court held that a patent owner can collect lost foreign profits for use of an infringing product outside the United States. The case involved WesternGeco LLC suit against ION Geophysical Corporation for patent infringement. The patents relate to […]