Are you home and bored of working or studying? Here is a list of 7 movies you can watch to have fun and get a dose of intellectual property at the same time. If there are any movies that you have seen or know about falling within this genre, please share them with us!

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) was signed into law in 1998, yet the technological advances that have occurred in the past two decades since have proven the need for a reform bill to address the new digital challenges of today. The United States’ Senate IP Subcommittee held their first of eight hearings this week to discuss potential actions to be taken towards modernizing the DMCA.

LOT Network (License on Transfer) is a nonprofit organization that protects companies’ patents against PAEs (Patent Assertion Entities). More than 620 companies have jointed the LOT community since 2014 when LOT was established

New USPTO Trademark Guidelines became effective on February 15, 2020. The revised examination guidelines as the final rule supersedes all previous guidance, and there are three major changes you should know.

Whether you are an independent contractor, a self-employed individual, or a business owner with any number of employees, chances are there is a government-backed relief option to help you keep your business afloat during the COVID-19 crisis.

When applying for a trademark, an applicant may face complications such as an application rejection due to various reasons. A “confusingly similar” rejection is issued when “the trademark examiner believes that there is a likelihood of confusion between your trademark and the mark of another,” whether a registered or pending mark (“BitLaw Guidance”).

The significance of identifying “confusing similarity” in a trademark is to prevent confusion by the public between marks and their goods and services provided.