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Jul 19

Amazon News

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Amazon is back at it again and this time they seem to have their sights set on Blue Apron. Amazon has filed an intent to use trademark application for prepared food kits with the phrase “We do the prep. You be the chef.” Earlier this year, the online giant purchased Whole Foods for $13.7 billion but their involvement in this space dates back to 2013 with Amazon Fresh grocery delivery. The company also trademarked the phrase “Some eat to live. We live to eat” on their Wickedly Prime snack foods released earlier this year. #Trademarks #OmniLegalGroup #Intellectualpropertylaw
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Jul 12

Frederick McKinley Jones

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On this day in 1940, Frederick McKinley Jones receives a patent for an air conditioning unit for trucks, helping to change long-haul carriage of food and blood. His invention altered American society’s eating habits, so that people could eat fresh food throughout the United States, especially during the summer and winter seasons. The air-conditioning unit also branched out to the military field hospitals and military field kitchens. Today, Jones is celebrated as the most creative African American inventor of our time. #patent #frederickmckinleyjones #USPTO #omnilegalgroup
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Jul 06

News

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Omid Khalifeh of Omni Legal Group Named 2017 Southern California Rising Star by Super Lawyers Omni Legal Group's principal patent attorney, Omid E. Khalifeh, has once again been selected to appear on the 2017 Southern California Rising Stars list by Super Lawyers. Omni Legal Group is congratulating its principal patent attorney, Omid Khalifeh, on being selected as a Rising Star by SuperLawyers in the publication of the 2017 Rising Star list by Super Lawyers, which was officially released in July 2017. Super Lawyers is an honor that is reserved only for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Out of the…
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Jul 06

Did You Know?

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In April 2011, Even Spiegel floated the Snapchat idea in front of his class as a final project, the classmates focused on the temporary aspect of the potential product, and started the thought of temporary photos. Bobby Murphy was eventually brought into the project to write the source code for the application, and Picaboo first launched as an iOS-only app in July 2011. The application was relaunched in September 2011 under the name Snapchat.
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Jul 06

What You Need To Know About Trademarks For Your Business

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Highly acclaimed musicians Beyoncé and Jay-Z have recently filed trademark applications in the names of their newborn twins, Rumi and Sir Carter. Both applications were filed on June 26, 2017, around the same time as when the entire family returned home from the hospital. As we reported after the birth of their first child, they took the same precautions for the name of their eldest daughter, Blue Ivy. This month we discuss the importance of registering one’s intellectual property interest in a name by filing for trademark registration. The following is some important information business owners should know about trademark…
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Jul 05

Sir Isaac Newton

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On this day in 1687, Sir Isaac Newton makes public his outline of the laws of motion and universal gravitation. This world renowned work entitled Principia was first published by the Royal Society in England. Today we honor this  great physicist and mathematician with some patents putting these principles to work. #patents #omnilegalgroup #isaacnewton #physics #USPTO
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Jun 28

Sax Patent

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On this day in 1846, the first patent to a Saxophone was issued to Antoine Joseph Sax. Born Adolphe Sax in 1814, he was awarded French Patent #3226 for his novel apparatus illustrated below in a family of 8 different embodiments. Over the years, Sax was attributed to producing and improving upon a number of different instruments. However, none of them gained the same level of acceptance and commercial success as the Saxophone.#Saxophone #patent #omnilegalgroup #internationalpatentlaw
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Jun 21

International Yoga Day

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June 21st is International Yoga Day. In 2014, a UN declaration was issued with support by 177 nations who cosponsored the resolution (the highest number ever for any such measure). This year, 72 students and teachers have traveled to the United States from India and will be performing yogic exercises at the United Nations Headquarters to honor the occasion. #patent #namaste #omnilegalgroup #international #yoga #internationalyogaday  
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Jun 19

SUPREME COURT RULING: Disparagement Clause of the Lanham Act

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SUPREME COURT RULING: The Asian-American rock band originally denied registration for their band name The Slants prevails in their effort to gain U.S. trademark registration. They were originally denied by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for violating the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act. This part of the Trademark Act denies federal registrations for trademarks comprising immoral, deceptive or scandalous matter or that might disparage persons or groups or bring them into contempt or disrepute.  In what is certain to be a controversial decision, the Supreme Court today found this to be a violation of free speech. This…
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Jun 14

Flag Day

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On this day in 1777, the stars and stripes were adopted by the Second Continental Congress as the official Flag of the United States. This version of old glory has numerous legends tracing its origins with design credits being attributed to Francis Hopkinson and Betsy Ross. To this day, neither has been corroborated. In honor of Flag Day, we solute the inventors who have incorporate the stars and stripes into their patented designs. #patents #USPTO #flagday #america #oldglory#thestarsandstripes #omnilegalgroup
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