The Indianapolis Bar Association Intellectual Property Section is pleased to announce the availability of scholarships to encourage all eligible law students to complete the Patent Bar Exam. Achieving this goal will enable you as a student to concentrate on the critical summer clerkship and help make you more attractive to prospective employers after graduation.

As companies, research institutions, and universities continue to move to work-from-home situations (or are required to do so) in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it may become slower or more cumbersome to obtain signatures for formal documents needed to pursue, prosecute, and license patent rights.

As many employees settle into a new normal of working from home, the law has not changed and still requires companies to take reasonable steps to maintain the secrecy of trade secret information. 

Consumer products companies should be aware of three recent design patent decisions that may limit the breadth of design patents. Read more as we summarize each decision and provide important takeaways for consumer products companies.

Many of our legal organizations, whether in the public or private sector, have acknowledged the benefits of having a diverse team by developing diversity commitments and taken steps to building a diverse team that more closely reflects the makeup of the clients they serve. That said, whether you are a law firm, an in-house legal team for a business, or a judge, building the right foundations for diversity within your team is important.

In 2019, the State of California settled with Teva Pharmaceuticals for $69 million as a result of Teva paying a drugmaker to keep a generic version of the narcolepsy drug Provigil off the market. This so called “pay-for-delay” type of practice is often criticized for causing in part the occasional astronomical costs of pharmaceuticals for consumers.

Following Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex’s Jan. 8 announcement that they intend to become “financially independent”, six new trademark applications were filed by competitors with the US Patent and Trademark Office for protection on “Sussex Royal”.

Now that companies have breathed a collective sigh of relief after updating their website privacy policies, they need to stay alert to more changes coming down the road. Here are a few considerations for your Data Privacy Day, whether you are a CCPA beginner or a CCPA expert.

A variety of scholarships are available to attend the 2020 IndyBar Bench Bar Conference June 18-20, 2020 at the French Lick Springs Hotel in French Lick, Indiana. IndyBar's Bench Bar Conference is Indiana's premier event to bring lawyers, judges and paralegals together for a great time and top-notch CLE programming. Scholarships funded by the Indianapolis Bar Foundation will be awarded in addition to those awarded through IndyBar sections and divisions.

Are you ready for a one-of-a-kind Bench Bar experience? Registration is now open for this year's event to be held at the French Lick Springs Resort from June 18-20! Attracting hundreds of attorneys, judicial officers and guests, attendees of the conference can receive a maximum of six hours of CLE credit (ethics included) and will be provided the absolute best access of judges to lawyers. Registration is now open at special early bird pricing!