Philip Furgang is a founding Partner with Furgang & Adwar, LLP, an intellectual property firm based in New York. He is widely published and cited in the legal and general press in his primary area of interest, patent law.
In this panel held at a 2007 meeting of the American Bar Association, attorneys Cydney A. Tune, Kelly Maser, Lawrence Apolzon and Philip Furgang delve into a little-understood but very important aspect of copyright and intellectual property law – trademarks and business patents. The panelists introduce the basics of trademarks are established, registered, defended and leveraged, how business patents work and how they may affect entertainment businesses, how trademarks generate money, how similar trademarks may coexist in the same marketplace, and more. They also take audience questions on a variety of topics related to patents and trademarks.
In this clip from an ABA forum held in 2007 titled “IP Meets Entertainment-Trademarks and Business Patents,” the panelists discuss what happens when two entities in the same marketplace have similar trademarks, and how a trademark coexistence agreement might be structured.
In this clip from an ABA forum held in 2007 titled “IP Meets Entertainment-Trademarks and Business Patents,” panelist Philip Furgang responds to an audience question about patents and open-source software, and how to ensure that when you buy an open-source solution for your enterprise, you’re not also buying a lawsuit.
In this clip from an ABA forum held in 2007 titled “IP Meets Entertainment-Trademarks and Business Patents,” panelist Philip Furgang explains how patent law might affect sports or entertainment industries (for example, a record label patenting an online distribution method), and what lawyers need to understand about business patent law, how patents and patent works, how it is enforced, and what the pitfalls are.
In this clip from an ABA forum held in 2007 titled “IP Meets Entertainment-Trademarks and Business Patents,” the panel fields a question about helping performing artists defend their name as a trademark against artists whose name might be confused with your client’s. The panelists explain how to know where the test of likely confusion begins to take hold, and how to prepare for the future when searching for prior use of their name.
