patents copyrights and trademarks

• Business

Maryland to receive $2.9 million in Cephalon settlement

The multi-state lawsuit alleged that Cephalon blocked cheaper generic versions of its wakeness drug, forcing consumers to pay higher prices.

By Sarah Gantz

Aug 4, 2016

• Patents

Eastern Shore firm sues U.S. government for $1 billion in patent infringement case

An Eastern Shore patents company and a Texas firm accused various federal government and military agencies in a $1 billion complaint filed Friday of infringing on the patents of surveillance systems the companies designed.

By Carrie Wells

May 20, 2015

• Obituaries

Vicki A. Margolis

Vicki A. Margolis, a corporate attorney who also performed leading roles in local theaters, died.

By Jacques Kelly

Apr 22, 2015

• Features

Copyright issue with MLB, Orioles thwarts free-custard deal at Shake Shack

• Baltimore City Paper

The Mail 4/1/15

• Harford

Bel Air High Biomedical Sciences Program to receive state award

The Maryland State Department of Education has selected the Biomedical Sciences Program at Bel Air High School to receive the 2015 Career and Technology Education Outstanding Secondary CTE Program of Excellence, Harford County Public Schools announced Monday.

• Baltimore City Paper

Critics say locally born 'male enhancement' product S.W.A.G. packaging promotes rape and the FDA warns consumers about its contents

• Sports

Blast advances in MASL postseason with 6-4 win over Rochester

Tony Donatelli scored a go-ahead goal with 8:06 to play in the third quarter and the Blast's trademark defense handled the rest, blanking the Lancers in the entire second half to pull out a gutsy 6-4 win for the Eastern Division title in front of an announced crowd of 5,544 at Royal Farms Arena.

By Glenn Graham

Mar 11, 2015

• Opinion

Will the Democratic nominee for 2016 take on the moneyed interests?

The Democratic presidential nominee will campaign on reviving the middle class, but will she take on the moneyed interests?

• Financial Aid

Universities press Congress for fewer rules

Some of the nation's top university officials, including the chancellor of the University System of Maryland, are calling on Congress to roll back what they see as a byzantine and ever-expanding system of federal regulations that is costing schools millions of dollars each year.

By John Fritze

Feb 24, 2015

• Features

Zero Gravity Creations' fusion technology makes art functional

Founders Aric Wanveer, 34, and Tim McFadden, 31, are metal and glass artists, respectively, who started collaborating five years ago. Their success at the American Craft Council show helped them realize that they could turn their passion into a business.

• Under Armour

Under Armour files lawsuit against Ass Armor

Snowboarder Casey Scherr started a company called Ass Armor in 2013 to sell shock-absorbing athletic shorts designed to protect the tailbone. Now, the Ft. Lauderdale company is facing a trademark infringement lawsuit from Under Armour.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 19, 2015

• Opinion

How trade deals boost the rich and bust the rest

The fact is, trade agreements are no longer really about trade, writes Robert B. Reich.

• Features

Style standout: Chocolate Affair

• Baltimore City Paper

Wandering Eye: Under Armour sues Skechers, Google aims to compete with Uber, and more

• Opinion

Entrepreneurial culture boosts business

States with robust innovation economies have assets in common: a corps of research-intensive universities, a highly educated workforce and a government supportive of its science and technology industries. Maryland has all of these things. What the state needs to strengthen is its entrepreneurial culture, so that Maryland becomes a top destination for scientists serious about ushering their ideas out of the lab and into the marketplace.

• Opinion

Deficit outlook: Good and bad

Washington's longtime budget woes require both tax reform and reductions in non-discretionary spending

• Under Armour

Under Armour files suit against Salt Armour

Under Armour Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Salt Armour Inc., saying the Boca Raton-based seller of saltwater fishing apparel has violated the Baltimore brand's trademark rights.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Jan 14, 2015

• Harford

Changing the seal shouldn't be done on a whim [editorial from The Aegis]

Only time will tell if the change ends up being accepted by the people who put Glassman in office, but such acceptance would have been more likely had the process of making the change been presented as a proposal rather than an order.

• Maryland

Coloring your perception of your favorite teams

• Opinion

Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership is a pending disaster

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a "Trojan horse in a global race to the bottom," says Robert Reich.

• News

Hundreds protest killings by police

By Arthur Hirsch

Dec 14, 2014

• Baltimore City Paper

Cory Doctorow's "Information Doesn't Want To Be Free" presents his most dystopian sci-fi yet and it's nonfiction

• TV

'The Newsroom' Season 3 premiere recap, 'Boston'

A recap of the third-season premiere of "The Newsroom," as ACN's coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing leads to questions about a lot of journalistic truisms

• Opinion

Drugs rotting on the vine

With Ebola threatening the world's populations, there is a new urgency to find therapies. Bringing naturally occurring pharmaceuticals to market should be a priority for our nation because drugs derived from nature are astonishingly successful. The United States' policy and law, however, strongly discourage prospecting for drugs in nature.

• Patents

Baltimore Sun Holiday Cookie Contest 2014 Official Rules

• Patents

Gravity Defyer shoe company settles trademark infringement lawsuit against Under Armour

A California shoe company that accused Under Armour of trademark infringement settled its lawsuit.

By Lorraine Mirabella

Oct 20, 2014

• Opinion

Maryland lags behind in hiring Hispanics [Commentary]

Maryland needs a new paradigm to address the chronic under employment of Hispanics and a demonstrated will and commitment to diversify our government workforce from our state leaders.

• Opinion

Why we allow Big Pharma to rip us off [Commentary]

Drug company payments to doctors are a small part of a much larger strategy by Big Pharma to clean our pockets.

• Maryland

Faber uses art to learn to read, start her business

• Elections

Hogan takes down ad with Pinocchio image

The Republican gubernatorial campaign of Larry Hogan took down an ad from its Facebook pages Thursday in which it used a copyrighted image from the Walt Disney Co. without seeking permission.

• Baltimore City Paper

An attempt to trademark a logo with "hon" and the Oriole "O" creates another hontroversy

• Features

Designer seeking trademark for 'hOn' design

A Baltimore apparel designer is seeking trademark for his "hOn" hat

• Politics

Maryland GOP says it used Ravens logo without permission

• Elections

Democrats file complaint over Hogan bus

The Maryland Democratic Party filed a complaint against GOP gubernatorial nominee Larry Hogan late Tuesday, alleging Hogan improperly paid for his campaign bus and skirted public financing rules.

• Baltimore City

City's new slogan would honor national anthem

Oh, say can you see a new slogan for Baltimore City? Councilman James B. Kraft can. He petitioned his fellow City Council members to pass a resolution Monday declaring a new official motto for the city: "Baltimore — Birthplace of The Star-Spangled Banner."

• Baltimore City

Is Baltimore ready for a new city slogan?

How's "Baltimore - Birthplace of the Star-Spangled Banner" sound for a new city slogan? City Councilman James B. Kraft is expected to introduce legislation at Monday's meeting to set a new official slogan to "celebrate Baltimore's essential link to our national anthem."

• Baltimore Orioles

Once again, Orioles challenging baseball's establishment

Just as a decade ago when the club fought a team's move to Washington, the Orioles are challenging Major League Baseball like an unapologetic whistleblower.

• Baltimore City Paper

The Mail 8/12/14

• Baltimore City Paper

Mainstream Extremism

• Baltimore City Paper

From a small slice of Maryland, Michael Peroutka seeks to mainstream extremism

Michael Peroutka is white, smart, and rich, but it's doubtful that many of his potential constituents have used their advantages in the way he long has: to advance a militant theocratic agenda.

• Obituaries

Deborah W. Alper, Hopkins director

Deborah W. Alper, former director of intellectual property management and business development at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, died July 13 of complications from Lyme disease at Greater Baltimore Medical Center. She was 65.

• Anne Arundel

Arundel road-rage murder trial draws wide interest

An Anne Arundel County jury will decide if an off-duty New Jersey police officer acted maliciously or in self-defense when he shot another man following a road-rage dispute last summer. The case has drawn national attention in law enforcement circles.

• Obituaries

Richard W. 'Dick' Bourne

Richard W. "Dick" Bourne, a colorful longtime law professor who retired earlier this year from the University of Baltimore School of Law, died Saturday of pancreatic cancer at his Pylesville farm. He was 71.

• Opinion

Freedom, power and the conservative mind [Commentary]

Conservatives don't understand that the free market isn't about freedom, but economic power.

• Baltimore County

Catonsville resident uses pedal power to cut the grass

Jason Mah built bicycle-powered lawnmower with neighbor John Jacob

• Opinion

Facts and logic say rename Redskins [Letter]

Claims that Redskins' name is inoffensive don't hold up to investigation

• Opinion

Native Americans who find Redskins offensive are no rarity [Letter]

Football team's name is perfectly acceptable — with thoughtless white males, that is

• Baltimore City Paper

Under Armour sues Inner Armour

• Opinion

Patent office goes too far with Redskins decision [Letter]

Decision to deny trademark to NFL team no supported by the facts