"As counterfeiters adapt, brands are increasingly searching for new ways to shut them down. For UGG Holdings Inc., this fight includes dedicated social media accounts to educate consumers about counterfeits, says Lisa Bereda, assistant general counsel at Deckers Outdoor Corp., the parent company of UGG."

Hear what our 2017 Intellectual Properties section chair, Joel Tragesser, has in store for this year! 

Take a look at what's happening at the January Intellectual Property Executive Meeting. Thank you to our Chair, Joel Tragesser, Quarles & Brady LLP, for this month's minutes!

Take a look at the 2017 Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee. We can't wait to see what they will plan for us this year!

On Friday, October 28, 2016, the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association and Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law are presenting a CLE event entitled, Section 337: What It Is and Why You Need to Know.  

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit finds Trader Joe’s federal trademark and unfair competition claims against Vancouver-based retailer Michael Norman Hallatt, d/b/a Pirate Joe’s, sufficiently allege conduct that could impact American commerce to justify extraterritorial application of the Lanham Act.  

Derek Lavender, a young patent attorney with Taft Stettinius & Hollister and member of the IndyBar Intellectual Property Section, was recently in a very severe motorcycle accident on his way to the office.  Thankfully, Derek survived, but he suffered serious injuries, including one to his spinal cord.  Derek and his wife, LeAnne, have a long road to recovery ahead of them--physically, emotionally, and financially. To learn more about the Lavenders' story, see LeAnne's blog at https://thelavenderslongshot.wordpress.com/.

According to a BloombergBusinessweek article, business-method patent applications have fallen in half and more than 370 software patents have been invalidated since the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank in 2014.

The Seventh Circuit affirms Judge Tanya Walton Pratt’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants in copyright infringement case brought by Indianapolis lawyer over his photograph of the Indianapolis skyline.

Good news from Paramount Pictures and CBS Studios you WILL be able to create your own Star Trek fan fiction movie as long as it is "reasonable"!