IP Law Daily, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (Feb 20, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

The week’s most insightful, intriguing, or entertaining blog posts regarding intellectual property issues.

• IP Watchdog, USPTO’s Will Covey to Be Named Acting Deputy Director, by Eileen McDermott

• Patently-O, Reimagining Patent Examination: A (Half-Baked) Proposal for Pre-Filing Certification, by Dennis Crouch (University of Missouri School of Law).

• JD Supra, AI and Blockchain – 1+1 =3, by James Gatto and Maxwell Earp-Thomas

• Mondaq, A POSA's Motivation Is Not Required To Be The Same As The Inventor's In Evaluating Obviousness, by Don Wang, Jeannine Sano, Eric Krause, and Pan Lee

• Rebecca Tushnet’s 43(B)log, Game spat expands beyond false advertising to TM and (c), by Rebecca Tushnet (Harvard Law School).

• Copyright Lately, AI Training, Fair Use, and the Burdens of Being First, by Aaron Moss

• California Intellectual Property Blog, Nintendo Loses ‘Super Mario’ Trademark Fight With Grocery Store, by Mandour & Associates APC

• IP Update, Religious Texts, Copyrights, and Estate Law: A Case of Strange Bedfellows, by Ashley K. Justice

• IP Intelligence, Challenging a Patent via an IPR? Patentees Have an Approved Method to Mitigate the Impact, by Jason F. Hoffman

• TTABlog, TTABlog Test: Are Pizza Parlors and Baked Goods Related Under Section 2(d)?, by John Welch

Attorneys: James Gatto and Maxwell Earp-Thomas (Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP). Don Wang, Jeannine Sano, Eric Krause, and Pan Lee (Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider). Aaron Moss (Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinger LLP). (Mandour & Associates APC). Ashley K. Justice (McDermott Will & Emery). Jason F. Hoffman (Baker & Hostetler LLP). John Welch (Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.).

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