January 25, 2025
Tangible Assets

Harry Caray Legendary ‘Holy Cow’ Key to Restaurants’ Trademark Battle

Harry Caray has been deceased for 26 years, but the company that owns and manages the famed broadcaster’s name, image and likeness and other intellectual property says a restaurant in Dallas is infringing on Caray’s iconic—and trademarked—phrase:  Holy Cow! Caray was a legendary figure in Chicago, where he was a broadcaster of Chicago White Sox

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Intangible Assets

Federal Circuit Provides Guidance on What Claims Can Properly Serve As Obviousness-Type Double Patenting References

In a precedential decision issued on August 13, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a first-filed, first-issued, later-expiring claim cannot be invalidated by a later-filed, later-issued, earlier-expiring reference claim having a common priority date.1 Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Obviousness-type double patenting (ODP) is a judicially created doctrine dating back to

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