Blog

Stay Current on all things IP by subscribing to our blog

Harness IP takes pride in our collective knowledge of intellectual property law and how it affects businesses and organizations across a range of industries. We also enjoy keeping up with the latest decisions from the prominent venues that affect IP law, including the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the PTAB. Our goal is to distill this knowledge into practical guidance that in-house counsel and others can use. We invite you to join our audience and enrich the discussion whenever possible.

July 7, 2025

U.S. Chemical & Life Science Patents Q2 Newsletter

More
June 30, 2025

5 Federal Circuit Patent Cases You Need To Know

More
June 26, 2025

Enablement, Anticipation, and Claim Strategy: Rethinking Biotech Patent Drafting Post-Agilent

More
June 23, 2025

Six Actions to Take to Ensure Your Trade Secret Stays Secret

More
June 23, 2025

Cannabis And Trademarks: Protecting Against Infringement

More
May 13, 2025

The Hypocrisy of ‘Delete IP’: Billionaire Frustrations Masquerading as Policy

More

Harness IP Trademark Attorneys St. Louis Detroit Dallas Washington, DC

October 4, 2018

Federal Circuit Agrees that CORN THINS and RICE THINS are Least Merely Descriptive

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

image of neon sign saying laugh

September 30, 2018

Beyoncé v. Feyonce — If Enough Consumers Get the Joke, There May not be a Likelihood of Confusion

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Harness IP Trademark Attorneys St. Louis Detroit Dallas Washington, DC

September 18, 2018

The Real World is Irrelevant in Judging the Similarity Between DETROIT ATHLETIC CO. and DETROIT ATHLETIC CLUB

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Trademark Enforcement Attorneys

September 5, 2018

Don’t Try This at Home Boys and Girls — The TTAB is no Place for Amateurs

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

shutterstock 156673100 | Intellectual Property Law Firm | Harness IP

August 13, 2018

Trademark Registration – A Vehicle to Protection

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Harness IP Trademark Attorneys St Louis Detroit Dallas Washington, DC

July 24, 2018

Bad Vibes in Kim Kardashian West Trademark Row

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Harness IP Trademark Attorneys St. Louis Detroit Dallas Washington, DC

July 5, 2018

TTAB Scores a ZERO in Evaluating Genericness and Acquired Distinctiveness

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Trademark Litigation | Intellectual Property Law Firm | Harness IP

May 30, 2018

A Teerrrriiffiiccc Trademark

By: Joel R. Samuels, Principal

Harness IP Trademark Attorneys St. Louis Detroit Dallas Washington, DC

May 30, 2018

Buc-ee’s Beaver Logo Infringed by Competitor’s Alligator Logo

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Flowers and Perfume Have Scents that can be Trademarked

May 29, 2018

An Unforgettable Smell

By: Joel R. Samuels, Principal

play doh 3308879 1920 e1527089402693 | Intellectual Property Law Firm | Harness IP

May 23, 2018

The Look, Feel and Smell of Trademark

By: Joel R. Samuels, Principal

shutterstock lightbulb hands | Intellectual Property Law Firm | Harness IP

May 9, 2018

Ice Cream Brain Freeze

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Harness IP Trademark Attorneys St Louis Detroit Dallas Washington, DC

May 2, 2018

Plaintiff Pleads Plaid Pattern Plagiarized

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Trademark Enforcement Attorneys

February 8, 2018

#GoldMedalEnforcement

By: Joel R. Samuels, Principal

Harness IP Trademark Attorneys St Louis Detroit Dallas Washington, DC

February 4, 2018

Trademark Law Offers Scant Protection When Bad Things “Happen” to Good Marks

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Harness IP Trademark Attorneys St Louis Detroit Dallas Washington, DC

December 22, 2017

You Have Goat to be Kidding Me

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Harness IP Trademark Attorneys St. Louis Detroit Dallas Washington, DC

December 15, 2017

Immoral and Scandalous Matter are as Registrable as Disparaging Matter; The Principal Register is FUCT

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Video Game IP Attorney

November 8, 2017

Is the Reproduction of a Branded Product in a Depiction of Real Life an Infringement?

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal

Harness IP IP Litigation PTAB Proceedings

August 31, 2017

News Alert: Precedential Patent and Trademark Order by the Federal Circuit

By: Douglas A. Robinson, Principal

Harness IP Trademark Attorneys St Louis Detroit Dallas Washington, DC

August 21, 2017

Branding Life

By: Bryan K. Wheelock, Principal