Imagine this scenario: Developer: “Hey world, check out this new AR assistant I designed! You can talk to it and get helpful information from an augmented avatar.” Lawyer: “Sorry, AR ASSISTANT® is a registered trademark, and you just infringed it.” Developer: “Well, what else am I supposed to call a virtual assistant that you […]
In two separate judicial decisions issued within the past month, plaintiffs suing AR/VR developers failed to get the relief they were looking for. While every case rises and falls based on its own facts, these examples are instructive of the type of litigation that AR/VR companies are actively facing right now, and for which others […]
Learn from WNJ Partner Brian Wassom about the amazing potential of augmented / virtual / mixed reality technologies, and the intellectual property concerns and opportunities that come along with them.
| Date: | February 16, 2018 |
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| Time: | 12:00-1:00 p.m. |
| Event: | Intellectual Property Seminar on IP in Augmented & Virtual Reality |
| Sponsor: | Federal Bar Association - E.D. Michigan Chapter |
| Venue: | Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse |
| Location: | 231 W. Lafayette Detroit, MI 48226 USA |
| Public: | Public |
| Registration: | Click here to register. |
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I’ve written at length about the potential for customer confusion arising from the association of digital advertisements with physical billboards and other commercial properties via augmented reality. It occurs to me, though, that the Pokemon Go phenomenon that began in July 2016 planted the seeds of a similar issue, albeit in a slightly different form […]
Being the father of a five-year-old son, my first order of business last weekend was to see the new Lego Batman Movie. (Confession: I would have gone anyway.) Also because of the aforementioned son, I’ve seen every trailer for this film that’s been released over the past year. So I noticed when lines of dialogue […]
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If you’ve been tuned at all to developments in the science fiction or intellectual property fields, you know that Paramount Pictures and CBS have been pursuing copyright infringement litigation against the producers of a Star Trek fan-fiction movie called Axanar. The fan/producers published the 20-minute teaser Prelude to Axanar on YouTube in August 2014 (which as of […]
Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued its unanimous opinion in the Kirtsaeng case, concerning the standards that govern the award of attorneys’ fees to the prevailing party as an element of “costs” under the Copyright Act. The statute itself does not give guidance on when fees should be awarded. Prior Supreme Court case law was […]
In the unlikely event that any West Coast celebrities out there had been considering a move to Minnesota, an article published today on WealthManagement.com will give them pause. It makes the insightful observation that the late artist Prince’s decision to remain domiciled in his home state may have cost his heirs (whoever they turn out to be) the […]