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Corinne Marie Pouliquen, a partner at Berenato & White, will testify March 13, 2019 in Annapolis in support of SB 507 – Income Tax – Angel Investor Tax Credit Program.  SB 507 will allow Maryland angel investors a tax credit for certain investments in qualified innovation businesses.  The goal of SB 507 is to foster innovation in Maryland, particularly for start-ups.  SB 507 is supported by various organizations, including the Rural Maryland Council, and the University of Maryland’s Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship.

Patent assignments are tools for transferring ownership rights in patents, patent applications, and inventions from inventors to their employers, sponsors, or other “assignees.”  In Rubin v. United Therapeutics Corp., No. 1593, 2019 WL 290272 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. Jan. 4, 2019), an inventor, Dr. Rubin, filed a complaint seeking to have assignments he executed in favor of United Therapeutics Corp. (UTC) set aside on the grounds of constructive fraud, negligent misrepresentation, reformation of contract/mutual mistake, and breach of contract.  Dr.

On January 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office’s (USPTO) petition for writ of certiorari to decide whether the USPTO’s denial of a federal trademark registration under 15 U.S.C. § 1052(a) on the ground that the mark contains “ immoral” or “scandalous” matter violates the right to freedom of speed under the First Amendment of the Constitution.   Iancu v. Brunetti, No.

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