Articles
Intellectual Property Due Diligence: Review of Patent Ownership and Title
March 10, 2025
By: Mary Lou Wakimura and Giovanna H. Fessenden-Fairbank
An intellectual property (“IP”) portfolio may include patent assets, copyrighted works, trademarks, and trade secrets. Understanding ownership, title, and cloud on title...
How IP Diligence Helps Corporate Lawyers Close the Life Sciences Deal
December 13, 2024
To the uninitiated, the combination of patent and US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) law applicable to life sciences deals may seem needlessly technical and perhaps a subject best...
Digital Image Creation Using AI Risks Copyright Infringement
September 16, 2024
By: Brian T. Moriarty, Timothy J. Meagher, and Daniel A. Fleisher
Generative artificial intelligence has radically transformed the world of digital images. Anyone seeking to make a website, a video, or any other visual media can quickly use an AI...
Noncompete Ban Turns Patents, Copyrights Into Corporate Shields
May 29, 2024
By: Brian T. Moriarty, Timothy J. Meagher, and Alice O. Carroll
The new Federal Trade Commission ban on noncompete agreements will unleash two contradictory threads: more innovation and inventions, and more intellectual property theft...
9th Circ. Should Overturn The Miles Davis Tattoo Ruling
February 15, 2024
The jury in the recent Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg case decided that a tattoo of jazz trumpeter Miles Davis inked by celebrity artist Kat Von D was not substantially similar to a copyrighted...
Mary Lou Wakimura was Interviewed on How IP Attorneys and In-house Navigate Billing Disputes
Mary Lou Wakimura, Principal at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, was recently interviewed for an article in Managing IP. The article discusses how businesses have tried to sue...
Mary Lou Wakimura was Interviewed on IP Strategies when Rebranding
April 25, 2023
Mary Lou Wakimura, Principal at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, was recently interviewed for an article in Managing IP. The article discusses why strong communication between...
Dos and don’ts for employees handling third-party patents
April 18, 2023
“When an employee becomes aware of a third-party patent, that knowledge may be imputed to the company, potentially triggering an obligation for the company to take appropriate...
Mary Lou Wakimura was Interviewed on Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Patent Data by Managing IP
March 9, 2023
Mary Lou Wakimura, Principal at Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds, was recently interviewed for an article in Managing IP. The article poses China’s lead on generative AI patent...
'MetaBirkin' NFT Verdict Is Actually Good For Digital Artists
February 17, 2023
A Manhattan federal jury found on Feb. 8 that the sale of 100 non-fungible tokens containing artistic renderings of Hermès' world-famous Birkin handbags was a violation...
Mary Lou Wakimura Interviewed on IP and Technology Trends for 2023
January 12, 2023
Mary Lou Wakimura was recently interviewed for an article for Managing IP on the legalities of AI-created content, machine learning, the metaverse, NFTs and how clean tech will all...
Giovanna Fessenden Interviewed on the Lack of Regulation in the Metaverse
May 11, 2022
Regarding gamers creating digital assets in-game, the article states, “Giovanna Fessenden, counsel at Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds in Massachusetts, says it’s standard...