IP Fridays - your intellectual property podcast about trademarks, patents, designs and much more

This podcast covers intellectual property including trademarks, patents and desgins. It is brought to you by Ken Suzan, of counsel and a trademark attorney at the Minneapolis office of Barnes & Thornburg LLP, and Dr. Rolf Claessen, partner at Michalski Hüttermann & Partner, Germany. We will talk about current developments, record interviews with interesting people in this field, and we will introduce you to helpful tools and websites in this field.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 28m. Bisher sind 152 Folge(n) erschienen. Alle zwei Wochen gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 3 days 1 hour 30 minutes

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Interview with Ron Fierstein – A Triumph of Genius – OHIM Becomes EUIPO – WIPO PCT Statistics – IP Fridays Episode 51


This week we interview Ron Fierstein, former patent litigator in one of the biggest patent litigation cases in US history: Polaroid vs. Kodak. He wrote a book about his experience now: A Triumph of Genius – Edwin Land, Polaroid,


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 April 1, 2016  29m
 
 

Interview With Prof. Henkel of TUM Munich – Why Are Most Granted Patents (Partially) Invalid? – News From the EPO – Episode 50 IP Fridays


Today we interview Prof. Henkel of the TUM Munich about his recent study on patentability and ask ourselves, why most granted patents are at least partially invalid. The we have news from the EPO and in particular the ongoing social unrest at the Europ...


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 March 18, 2016  31m
 
 

Interview with Prof. Joseph Straus About Novelty and Biotech Inventions – Fees and Recoverable Costs of the UPC – EPO in Talks with Unions – Amendment of PCT Regulations – IP Fridays – Episode 49


This episode covers an interview with Prof. Joseph Straus, emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute in Munich, about novelty and biotech inventions. We also talk about the fees and recoverable costs of the UPC.


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 March 4, 2016  34m
 
 

Interview With Jeffrey L. Ranck – Former Assistant General Counsel of Microsoft – Copyright Reform in the US with Trisha Volpe – Episode 48 – IP Fridays


In today’s episode Ken had the chance to interview Jeffrey L Ranck, former assistant general counsel at Microsoft and now Contract Senior Attorney at Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner. Also, Trisha Volpe has the latest about the reform of the Copyright Ac...


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 February 19, 2016  18m
 
 

Interview with JP Kuehlwein – Rethinking Prestige Branding – Hashtags and Trademarks – IP Fridays – Episode 47


This episode features JP Kuehlwein in a very interesting interview about “Rethinking Prestige Branding”. Ken talks about the hot topic of hashtags and trademarks. Also, I just reached 100 subscribers on my newly created YouTube channel.


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 February 5, 2016  30m
 
 

Interview with Paul Paradise – His Novel “The Counterfeit Detective” – David Bowie and Intellectual Property – Medal of Technology and Innovation – Episode 46 of IP Fridays


Today we interview Paul Paradise about his latest novel “The Counterfeit Detective”. Trisha Volpe tells us all about the Intellectual Property strategy of David Bowie and the Bowie Bonds. And the USPTO seeks nominations for the National Medal of Techno...


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 January 22, 2016  20m
 
 

Interview With Marty Schwimmer About The Bayer Flanax Case – Use Of Trademarks – Well Known Marks – EU Trademarks Update – DMCA Update – Episode 45 – IP Fridays


Today, we have an interview with Marty Schwimmer, partner at Leason & Ellis. He recently argued the Bayer Flanax case, which is about use of trademarks, well-known trademarks and rights to a name without registration.


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 January 8, 2016  38m
 
 

Corrected Version: Interview With Lucas Michels About TTP And Copyright – EPO Ready For Unitary Patent – EU Copyright Reform – Happy Holidays! – IP Fridays – Episode 44


Corrected Version: Today we have an Interview with Lucas Michels about how the TTP affects copyright. Also we learn about the EPO being ready for the Patent with Unitary Effect. Lastly, we talk about the EU Copyright Reform and how hyperlinks become a ...


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 December 29, 2015  19m
 
 

Interview With Lucas Michels About TTP And Copyright – EPO Ready For Unitary Patent – EU Copyright Reform – Happy Holidays! – IP Fridays – Episode 44


Today we have an Interview with Lucas Michels about how the TTP affects copyright. Also we learn about the EPO being ready for the Patent with Unitary Effect. Lastly, we talk about the EU Copyright Reform and how hyperlinks become a legal landmine in E...


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 December 25, 2015  14m
 
 

Interview with Joerg Thomaier, Head of IP Bayer Group about IP Management and Filing Strategy – Santa Claus is Coming to Town and Copyright Issues – Image Trademark Search – IP Fridays – Episode 43


Today we have an Interview with Joerg Thomaier, Head of IP Bayer Group about IP management and the filing strategy of Bayer. Trisha Volpe has a story about teh famous song “Santa Claus is Coming to Tow”n and Copyright Issues. Finally,


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 December 11, 2015  23m