I am too disgusted to work today. It's hard to practice law some days when this administration just keeps flouting it with zero negative consequences and is actively trying to ruin the USPTO.

The whole USPTO "file those trademark applications before 12/31 or you'll have to redo them" shouldn't be a problem, but when clients dawdle on paying the filing fees and, worse, send them to you by check rather than using the link that they pay online right into the trust account, it IS a problem.

Keep Your Business Trade Secrets Secret, Or Else! Why & How to Protect Them youtube.com/shorts/bNvwe... #iplawsky #lawsky

Stop Telling Everyone! The Grave Mistake That Can Ruin Your #Patent Rights. Watch to learn about US and international rules about how public disclosure affects the ability to file an application. Oh nice, it picked the gory frame to display instead of the title card 🤣🩸 youtube.com/shorts/DuEpa...

This is Milo, 7, the other rescue dude I just got. He's busy looking for food in the kitchen but also likes to cuddle with Emmett in my office. He needs a job title too.

This is Emmett, one of my two new rescue boys. He turns 5 in a few days. He likes to hang out with me in my home office. He needs a job title. I had creat punny titles for my cat but I'm having trouble with dog ones. Suggestions?

It's going to be a while until all these cases get sorted out to a point where we have some consistent federal rulings that define what is and isn't ok for the LLMs to scrape and use without a license to do so. This complaint has some pretty damning examples of infringement in what Claude produces.

Cue the pantomime chorus: OH YES IT IS! Even if these hearings don't make this administration stop dismantling the Constitution, I do enjoy the moments of them being rightly called out on their bullshit. That's important. We can't take the freedom of members of Congress to do that for granted.

This music artist management company is based in my town and the people who run it are clearly awesome badasses for posting things like this! Also, having Centro-matic and Will Johnson, and related acts, on their roster is inherently awesome, obviously. Man I miss Centro-matic.

I'm glad I have my own practice so I can say things like "Fuck this cruel administration of sociopaths" on my social media accounts. I don't want clients who think this kind of heartless assholery by the government is ok.

TRADEMARK LAWYER TIP: Did You REALLY Clear Your Business Name? Avoiding the Horror of Trademark Infringement. If the link won't use my intro graphics, at least it picked a funny frame to show this time. youtube.com/shorts/jklsB...

Learning to paint and these two little dudes are what is keeping me sane these days. If you can afford to adopt a shelter or rescue animal and love them forever, I highly recommend it. Milo, 7, and Emmett, 5, came from a rescue. They're the sweetest good boys.

They've had 15 YEARS since the Affordable Care Act was enacted to come up with a plan. Yet, they have nothing. They don't care. Perhaps if they had to rely on ACA plans like many small business owners do, they'd care enough to make it better, not destroy it. We need universal care.

Why your business can't rely on automatic copyright rights to maximize the copyright rights and their value. youtube.com/shorts/dbBcv...

IP/Business Lawyer’s Checklist: 4 Types of Intellectual Property That Build or Ruin the Value of Your Business youtu.be/oJSMPRl_MUY

I am happy this is the law in my state now. When terminally ill people are ready to die, we can allow them to have some peaceful control over and dignity about it. My dad (brain tumor) would have been better off passing when he was ready rather than lingering semi-conscious like he did.

Today is one of those days when it feels absurd to be going about my job as usual while the current administration is actively destroying the Constitution and thumbing its nose at the Declaration of Independence, which utterly breaks my heart. Nothing is normal or stable.

Trying to save money with self-filing is the patent sin of Amateurism. You risk not getting a patent or getting one with weak claims that competitors can walk around easily. A bad DIY provisional application (PPA) can be worthless for a non-provisional application! youtube.com/shorts/7druS...

My podcast, "Spellbinding IP: Patent, Trademark, and Business Strategy," is on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, etc. & YouTube (@kingpatentlaw). Useful topics with occasional costumed Spooky Season stuff. Audio & video links in comments. #trademark #patents #ipsky #iplawsky #lawsky #iplaw

Can AI be an inventor? 🤖 NO! The USPTO rule is clear: only natural persons can be inventors. You can't list AI as an inventor, and claiming you invented the parts AI did is the sin of Impersonation and can invalidate your patent. Document the human conception! youtube.com/shorts/VzOBw...

Your idea is NEW, but is it OBVIOUS? No patent if it is! Learn the PHOSITA Test (Person Having Ordinary Skill in the Art) and how to prove your invention is a "significant leap," not just an expected variation! youtube.com/shorts/lF0yB...

PATENT LAWYER WARNS: Too Many Patent Applications Die From THIS! 😱 Patent Sin #3: Omission. youtube.com/shorts/fb_ei...

OVERSHARING KILLS YOUR PATENT! The Global Nightmare is real: zero grace period outside the U.S. Learn to file first and talk later. Watch the full warning: youtube.com/shorts/YajqI...

IP LAWYER EXPLAINS: The Patent Graveyard – 6 Mistakes That Kill Your Invention WARNING: Your invention is at risk. 💀 Most patents die because of 6 simple mistakes. Don't let your million-dollar idea end up in the grave. Watch the full episode now! youtu.be/VLIGint3xkM

AI has it's place, and that place is never spewing out anything I'd sign my name to without massive changes and thorough cite checking. It doesn't "think." It complies and estimates. Source: my MS in CS with LLM focus.

The founding fathers didn't think both the legislative and judicial branches would help a corrupt executive branch, yet here we firmly are.

Today the corrupt majority of SCOTUS demonstrated once again how corrupt it is. It's not just complicit in the destruction of the Constitution; it's actively and intentionally assisting.

My personal experiences with Ross Halfin led me to think he's a dick. Looks like my assessment is correct. metalinjection.net/news/jeremy-...

ME: Dear USPTO Ombudsman, I know you are all terribly understaffed, overworked, and abused, but is there anything you can do to help this one application out of the molasses, pretty please? Ombudsman: Fuck you and the horse you rode in on for asking. None of this is our fault. I'll try. Me: Thanks?

All the admins and legislators who are lawyers and who go on TV promoting 🟠💩 talking points and "orders" when they know damn well those things aren't legal (e.g., undoing a pardon from a prior POTUS, or committing murder) should be disbarred just like Giuliani was. ALL. OF. THEM.

Protect Your Brand from Legal Mayhem! The FTC doesn't care if you didn't know the law. #collab is not enough! Learn why transparency in influencer marketing is legally required and how to avoid the deceptive acts that lead to massive damages in class action lawsuits. youtube.com/shorts/DoxrK...

In case you were wondering about how serious the 🟠💩 administration actually is about stopping drug trafficking.

Interesting and important article. I remember in law school my environmental law professor, the esteemed Eric Freyfogle, who generously hired me as his proofreader for a book on Aldo Leopold, told us about how BLM really stood for the Bureau of Livestock and Mining.

He only tries to stay awake for the parts where they fawn all over him as their Dear Leader.

I love this. Then again, if he's asleep, his mouth stops spewing hateful nonsense.

The Danger in the Fine Print! Don't let your contracts become a nightmare. Learn how a contract clause can cost you all future payment, or how a missing clause can prevent your business from owning its own marketing material. #LegalHorror #SmallBusinessTips #marketing youtube.com/shorts/yQJ0B...

The Siren's Song of Copyright. Don't be lured into a bad deal! Learn the strict rules of "work made for hire" and why most contracts rely on a license or assignment clause instead. Get legally sharp! #BusinessLaw #Copyright #marketing youtube.com/shorts/Pq9bF...

ATTENTION CREATORS: The Contract from the Black Lagoon is real. I break down 3 traps for influencer and marketing contracts: 1. Lost Copyright (Siren's Song), 2. FTC Fines (Leviathan Grip), 3. Damaging Use and Deepfakes (Reputational Whirlpool). Protect your assets! bit.ly/44znmnb

BREAKING NEWS: Coca-Cola Sued Over Its Attempt to Cash in on Johnny Cash’s Vocal Style with an Impostor The John R. Cash Revocable Trust just filed a lawsuit against The Coca-Cola Company regarding the right of publicity and Tennessee’s new ELVIS Act! youtube.com/shorts/VaUWz...

What do you think? Very Cashlike or not? www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ0l...

I am so nerding out over this Cash v. Coca-Cola right of publicity / ELVIS Act lawsuit!!! I am a music nerd and IP law nerd and used to practice in TN. Trifecta! I bet I'm going to get banned from Coca-Cola's YouTube channel for my comment there. Here's the complaint www.wkrn.com/wp-content/u...

Awesome! Just in time for my posts next week that include that Tom Waits example to illustrate right of publicity! Expect that Waits v Frity-Lay case to be cited in plaintiff briefs and judicial rulings. Also the Bette Midler v Ford case. You'd think marketing firms would learn, but clearly not.

We go out for Thanksgiving now because doing all that cooking and cleaning up the mess for our tiny family doesn't make sense, but in the last few years we did bother to cook, I was removed from pumpkin pie duty because I forgot to add the sugar. Don't bake while working, folks!

I'm working on some "fun" posts for next week. I'm using a Tom Waits vs. Frito-Lay case to make some points AND tying it to aquatic horror. One of my favorite things about being a solo attorney is that I don't have a boss telling me my social media content is "too weird" or "too political"!

Your patent freedom-to-operate search found a patent your invention may infringe. Time to panic? NO. This isn't legal advice & I’m not your lawyer. Please seek the counsel of a licensed attorney for your specific legal needs. Stay legally sharp & keep rocking your IP! youtube.com/shorts/hTfNS...

My favorite personal AI garbage example. It shows Google AI search saying a restaurant doesn't exist when the actual search result just above it proves it does. Sorry for poor screen photo quality. If anyone can fix it without it looking like it's fake, please do.

Guess how effective this part of my contact form is!🙄😞 Tempting just to shut it down.

What Is a Freedom-to-Operate Patent Search, and What Are the Risks of Skipping One? A patentability search asks: Can I get a patent on my idea? An FTO search asks: Does someone else already have a patent that I will infringe? youtube.com/shorts/DLquc...

Your Legal Epitaph: Why the Standard Will Fails Your Intellectual Property Legacy Patents and trademarks can't be transferred by a will alone. Your business operating documents and licenses need to be involved as well, as do government transfer documents. youtube.com/shorts/f0bp4...

That said, I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to be in a trademark niche for the horror industry! Patents, too! 💀👻🧟🧛🏻🪦🔪🩸😱