Wendi GundersenSep 193 min"Generic.com" might be a registrable trademark says SCOTUSIn United States Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V., the Supreme Court considered whether the USPTO’s proposed practice of ...
Wendi GundersenMay 181 minStates are not authors when they produce annotated codesIn Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc., the Supreme Court applied the government-edicts doctrine to deny Georgia a copyright in the Off...
Wendi GundersenMay 151 minWillfulness not required for profits in trademark infringementIn Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., the Supreme Court held that a plaintiff in a trademark-infringement suit does not need to prove...
Wendi GundersenMay 142 minUntimely IPR Petitions Can Be GrantedIn Thryv, Inc. v. Click-to-Call Technologies, LP, the Supreme Court held that the Patent and Trademark Office's decision to institute an...
Wendi GundersenMay 122 minThe Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990 Held Unconstitutional: States can infringe copyrightsIn Allen v. Cooper, the Supreme Court held that Congress could not abrogate state immunity from suit under Seminole Tribe of Florida v. F...
Wendi GundersenMay 112 minChallenging the PTO Doesn't Mean Paying Attorney's FeesIn Peter v. Nantkwest, Inc., the Supreme Court held that a party challenging an adverse decision by the PTO in district court did not hav...
Wendi GundersenNov 21, 20193 minCCPA: What if I don't sell data?Last week, we discussed the kinds of businesses that must comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. Now we will turn to so...
Wendi GundersenNov 13, 20192 minCCPA: California privacy rules change in 2020, and its applicability may surprise The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 takes effect on January 1, 2020. It has several disclosure, notice, and management requiremen...
Wendi GundersenFeb 4, 20191 minHitting the Silicon SlopesThis past week, Salt Lake City hosted the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit. G & G was there to see the new and exciting developments in tech—no...
Wendi GundersenDec 4, 20171 minAre IP Rights Moral?Today, we are sharing an article that first appeared in Starting Points Journal written by our managing partner Gunnar Gundersen: http://...
Wendi GundersenOct 26, 20172 minFirst Comes Love, Then Comes Marriage (Part 2)This is the second part of the first post I made on marriage and estate planning, which can be found here: https://www.gundersen-law.com/...
Wendi GundersenOct 25, 20171 minHelp! Where Do I Keep My Estate Plan?You already have an estate plan. It's in a beautiful binder. Now where do you keep it? I tell my clients to keep their estate plan in a s...
Wendi GundersenSep 20, 20172 minFirst comes love, then comes marriage...then comes an estate plan (Part 1)Congratulations! You just got married (or you are about to in the near future). You likely planned a beautiful ceremony and a fantastic r...
Wendi GundersenAug 31, 20172 minHow to avoid probate (and those fees)So you've read our blog and know what probate is. If not, read this post first. Now you want to know, how do I avoid probate in the first...
Wendi GundersenAug 10, 20171 minMedia confuses Copyright and Trademark in Reading Rainbow suitI recently read a couple of stories on the new lawsuit filed by the owner of the IP rights in Reading Rainbow and LeVar Burton. The stori...
Wendi GundersenAug 10, 20171 minNew federal music databaseA new copyright bill was introduced to the House Judiciary Committee on July 20, 2017. It calls for the creation of a database of nondram...
Wendi GundersenJul 25, 20172 minMonkeying With CopyrightPETA sued photographer David Slater and others for copyright infringement on behalf of a monkey it named Naruto. Or to speak more precise...
Wendi GundersenJul 19, 20171 minRegistering the copyright in my trade-secret softwareMany times, software companies feel like they have a binary choice: protect their software with trade-secret policies or register the sof...
Wendi GundersenJul 18, 20171 minVote for—but don't steal—my trademark!I've noticed a growing trend on social media: asking people to vote for your new logo. This makes sense for a lot of reasons. You can get...
Wendi GundersenJul 18, 20171 minWhat Is Probate?Probate is the court process used to handle your affairs when you die. When a probate case is started, the court appoints an executor (if...
