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By Lexie Elder, Associate at ND Galli Law It’s been nearly one year since the Copyright Claims Board (CCB) opened for business; since then, more than 400 copyright claims have been filed with the CCB. The CCB’s upcoming one-year anniversary provides
by Nicole D. Galli One of the things I like best about being an intellectual property (IP) lawyer is that it is never static. Our clients include innovators and creators, who are creating disruption in their fields. But, as the latest
By: Andrew J. Costa, Associate AI unsurprisingly continues to demand attention, and in this update, we will discuss two developments drawing a lot of recent focus – first, the US Copyright Office’s cancellation of Kristina Kashtanova’s copyright for the illustrations
By: Andrew J. Costa, Associate In this month’s post I provide an update on the “Thaler Saga” that’s been testing the legal bounds of AI inventorship in the United States (and the world) since our last post on the subject
Photo: Nicole Galli and entrepreneurs from the Philadelphia100® Top Ten at a panel on January 17, 2023 This month, I had the pleasure of appearing on a panel with three other entrepreneurs whose companies (along with mine) were in the
By: Andrew J. Costa, Associate NFTs are appearing everywhere lately from Times Square, to Louis Vuitton, to Sotheby’s, where pieces of an NFT art collection can auction for $12-$18 million dollars apiece! (See Sotheby’s “101 Bored Ape Yacht Club”). Yet
Written by: Andrew Costa and Katherine Cancelliere Each November, ND Galli Law celebrates a few of our wonderful clients. This year’s client spotlights focus on three of our clients, who each, in their own way, is transforming their industry or otherwise having
By: Andrew Costa, Associate Introduction Trademark owners who license their marks must control how those marks are being used – failure to do so can result in the mark being deemed abandoned or even creating what’s known as a “naked
By Katherine Cancelliere, Intern at ND Galli Law College can be an exciting experience, for both students and loved ones, in many ways. New friends, new learning material, and many new challenges and triumphs. Now, with the new Name, Image
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Written by Andrew Costa, Law Clerk at ND Galli Law Under Section 101 of the Patent Act, only inventions that are a “new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof,” are
When I started our firm seven years ago, I could have never envisioned where we would be in 2020. At that point the firm was about to turn five years old and we were beginning to see all our hard
By Michelle Browning Coughlin, Of Counsel, ND Galli Law Last month, I had the opportunity to attend my first in-person business meeting of the American Bar Association (“ABA”) Commission on Women in the Profession (“CWP”), held in Chicago. Founded in
By Andrew Costa, ND Galli Law As artificial intelligence (“AI”) and machine learning become ever more prevalent, new questions continue to emerge as intellectual property law tries to keep pace with these advancing technologies. AI and machine learning are programs
Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of speaking on a panel for the ABA IP Law Section Spring Meeting on international trademark infringement litigation. Our panel particularly highlighted the process for obtaining “preliminary injunctions” in the various jurisdictions. (Preliminary
As we get ready for Spring, it is a good time to think about enhancing your organization’s intellectual property protection. This month, I spoke with two groups about “spring cleaning” when it comes to IP protection. The first presentation was
What you’ll learn from this article: Key business opportunities and challenges common to growing and scaling businesses that raise legal concerns The five legal infrastructure pillars that every growing and scaling business needs The sometimes ignored, but essential, legal protection
“Your brand is the single most important investment you can make in your business.” Steve Forbes Written by: Michelle Browning Coughlin While Steve Forbes, editor of Forbes magazine, was not living through the challenges of the past two years when
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This month, as we are all juggling many things during the holiday season and year end, it feels like a good time to discuss a non-legal topic in our blog – the intersection of habits and identity. Over the last
This November, we celebrate three of our clients, each of whom, in their own way, is transforming their industry or otherwise having an impact on society. Artis Solomon, owned by Professor Kimberly Jenkins, is helping to shine a spotlight on
By: Andrew Costa, IP Co-op Intern from Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law Despite how conventional wisdom generally tells us not to mix our business and personal lives, many times, for aspiring entrepreneurs, the people best suited to
By Kevin Gilligan I am a third-year law student at Drexel University Kline School of Law as well as an intern for ND Galli Law. With an undergraduate degree in Biology, I had one focus coming into law school—to be
In this article, we touch upon some hot-button IP areas for digital marketers (especially relevant for CPG companies, service-based and other B2B businesses), such as sharing of other’s content, influencer marketing and brand protection.
Nicole was recently interviewed for the Behind the Numbers TV show and podcast by Dave Bookbinder, the show’s host. Some of the topics covered: The importance of IP in today’s business climate. The process Nicole and her team at ND