Eleanor B. Atkins
Subscribe to Eleanor B. Atkins's PostsEleanor (Ellie) B. Atkins focuses her practice on trademark, copyright, sweepstakes and promotions, and false advertising matters. Ellie is experienced in client counsel, strategy and legal research, including portfolio management and the selection, clearance, prosecution, registration and enforcement of trademarks. Additionally, she has assisted with district court litigation as well as actions before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, including drafting complaints, discovery requests and briefs in support of various motions. Read Ellie Atkins' full bio.
Lightbulb Moment: It’s Possible to Grant an Implied Copyright Sublicense
By Eleanor B. Atkins on Apr 2, 2020
Posted In Copyrights
Addressing for the first time the issue of implied copyright sublicenses, the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that where a copyright license provides an unrestricted right to grant sublicenses, a copyright licensee may do so impliedly and without express language. Photographic Illustrators Corp. v. Orgill, Case No. 19-1452 (1st Cir. Mar....
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2019 IP Law Year in Review: Trademarks
By Eleanor B. Atkins, Rebecca Harker Duttry, Sarah Bro and Paul Devinsky on Feb 6, 2020
Posted In Trademarks
Executive Summary Trademark jurisprudence in 2019 may be best summarized in two words: questions and answers. Decisions handed down at the district court level have teed up key questions that are poised to be answered by the United States Supreme Court in the 2020 term—such as the protectability of certain “.com” trademarks, as well as...
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