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Intellectual Property Litigation: 'That Form Ever Follows Function' Applies to Modern Trademark Law
September 10, 2010
Litigation partner Lew Clayton's Intellectual Property Litigation column appeared in the September 8 issue of the New York Law Journal. The article, "'That Form Ever Follows Function' Applies to Modern Trademark Law," discusses recent Lanham Act cases construing and applying the rule that functional features of a product cannot be trademarked. The article also discusses other recent trademark, copyright and patent developments, including the Patent Office's proposed guidelines concerning patentable subject matter. Litigation associate Julia Derish assisted in the preparation of this column.