Index of 2010 Articles

Welcome to a new year, and a new Congress. As of January 5, 2011, the 112th Congress began. According to the U.S. Congress's web site, here's how Congressional schedules work: "A new Congress begins at noon January 3 of each odd-numbered year following a general election, unless it designates a different day by law. A Congress lasts for two years, with each year constituting a separate session." The 111th Congress ended on December 29, and according to the Congressional Record, the 112th Congress actually started on January 5, 2011.

Before we begin discussing new IP legislation, I thought it proper to close out 2010 and provide a list of articles that were published in this blog last year:

Articles (in Reverse Chronological Order)

11/28/10 Copyright Cleanup Bill Clears Congress for Signature by Pres. Obama – Enacted legislation, Trademarks

10/18/10 USPTO Seeks Comments on Potential Trademark Misuse – Enacted legislation, Trademarks

10/13/10 Have We Lawyers Genericized "Bates" Numbers? – Trademarks

8/21/10 Awards of Attorney Fees in Copyright Infringement Cases Are Justified for "Vexatious Conduct" by Attorney – Copyright, Sanctions

7/28/10 ISPs Are Not Required to Search Independently for Potential Infringement – Copyright

7/2/10 Supreme Court Issues Opinion in Bilski v. Kappos Case – Patents

7/1/10 IPEC Releases Joint Strategic Plan on Intellectual Property Enforcement – Cabinet Positions, Counterfeiting, Enacted legislation, Government oversight

7/1/10 New Design

6/1/10 Summary of IPEC's Responsibilities – Cabinet Positions, Counterfeiting, Enacted legislation, Government oversight

5/7/10 Reassignment of Judge for Google Book Settlement? – Google Book Project, Judiciary

4/27/10 New Law in Utah Prohibits Certain Internet Crimes – Consumer fraud, Cybersecurity, Identity theft, Privacy

4/20/10 Top 10 Ways to Preserve Your Trademarks – Speeches, Trademarks

4/13/10 Fraud on the PTO – A Trademark Perspective - Cancellation, Fraud on the PTO, Medinol, Opposition, Speeches, Trademarks, TTAB

3/18/10 SDNY Orders TAVERN ON THE GREEN Service Mark Cancelled for Fraud - Cancellation, Common law marks, Fraud on the PTO, Trademarks

3/17/10 Welcome Back

1/27/10 Temporary Hiatus

1/14/10 Netflix Sued for Alleged Privacy Violations, Part 2 of the "Two New Privacy Lawsuits Filed" Topic – Privacy

1/7/10 Two New Privacy Lawsuits Filed -- Part One, Facebook – Consumer fraud, FTC, Privacy, Privacy policies, Social networking

1/7/10 FTC Releases its Staff Report on its 2/09 Fraud Forum – Consumer fraud, Cybersecurity, FTC, Identity theft, Privacy

Stay tuned for more articles on the three major topics for this blog: Copyright, trademark and privacy law.