Anthony S Volpe

May 07, 2007 | Law.com

The iTunes world created by Apple -- through its iPod portable music player and iTunes online music store -- offers a different and ultimately more successful legal answer to regulating and protecting legitimate business interests in intellectual property. According to attorney Anthony S. Volpe, the iTunes world offers a road map for technology companies looking to introduce the next big thing, and offers a potential glimpse of the future of intellectual property.

By Anthony S. Volpe

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February 01, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

An award of compensatory damages under the Patent Statute is intended to compensate the claimant for its loss due to the infringement, but is not intended to be a vehicle to punish infringers.

By Anthony S. Volpe and Ryan W. O'Donnell

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May 20, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments last month in Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Partnership. In the case, Microsoft is accused of infringing a patent covering an invention for editing a computer language, referred to as "Custom XML," with its Microsoft Word product.

By Anthony S. Volpe and Wesley T. McMichael

10 minute read

June 16, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Does your local state court judge need to be familiar with pre-emptive federal laws, such as the federal patent, trademark and copyright laws?

By Anthony S. Volpe

11 minute read

September 22, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

Like real property, the chain of title to intellectual property needs to reflect the successive ownership changes with each one linked to the next so that an "unbroken chain" is formed.

By Anthony S. Volpe And Melissa D. Doogan

8 minute read

November 06, 2006 | Law.com

In the United States, it is possible to have common law rights, state registration rights and federal registration rights. Whether protected under federal statute, state statutes or common law, all forms of protection essentially provide the trademark holder with certain exclusive rights to use the trademark in some designated field of commerce in some geographic area. Attorney Anthony S. Volpe of Philadelphia's Volpe & Koenig examines common law trademarks and their limitations.

By Anthony S. Volpe

10 minute read

March 29, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Patent infringement plaintiffs have the choice of filing a complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b) in any jurisdiction where the defendant's products are sold or being used.

By Anthony S. Volpe

9 minute read

June 04, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Does your local state court judge need to be familiar with pre-emptive federal laws, such as the federal patent, trademark and copyright laws? Is this question nonsensical given that property rights in patents, federally registered trademarks and copyrights are governed by federal law and, clearly, federal district courts have exclusive jurisdiction over any case involving federal law?

By Anthony S. Volpe

11 minute read

May 05, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

It has long been a requirement of patent law that an inventor must describe the invention with particularity. This has, for just as long, been a requirement to comport with the constitutional bargain between the inventor and the public.

By Anthony S. Volpe and Wesley T. McMichael

8 minute read

March 08, 2007 | Law.com

It is largely undisputed these days that a Web site is a marketing necessity. Many business and professional operations do not have the resources or expertise to design and build a professional-looking Web site. Typically, they turn to an independent contractor or a Web site designer to build it. But who owns your Web site? Who owns your client's Web site? The surprising answers, says Anthony S. Volpe of Volpe & Koenig, lie in the vagaries of copyright law.

By Anthony S. Volpe

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