Legal Blogs
Mr. Ward is the founding author of the legal blog “Anticipate This!” which provides light commentary on the practice of patent law, trademark law, and science & technology.
He is also the Webmaster for the Toledo Intellectual Property Law Association (TIPLA).
- Patently Good Ideas® : IP Briefs December 12, 2025Knicks, Raptors Agree That Data ‘Mole’ Case Is Closed The New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors have resolved a legal dispute that had spanned more than two years, centered on allegations that a Knicks video coordinator, Ikechukwu Azotam, acted as a “mole” by sharing proprietary data with the Raptors when he left New York. The […]
- They Invented What? (No. 109) December 11, 2025U.S. Pat. No. 4,346,899: Board game featuring olympic sports. What is claimed is: 1. An olympic sports game apparatus with elements of chance and tests of individual skill, for competitive play by a plurality of individuals, said game apparatus having a playing board, a closed primary playing course, for use by all […]
- Patently Good Ideas: Patent Q&A – What are the consequences of not patenting an invention? December 10, 2025In this video series from Ward Law Office | Registered Patent Attorneys, Founding Member Jake Ward answers basic questions about patents, trademarks, and inventing in a rapid fire and unscripted format!
- Patently Good Ideas® : IP Briefs December 9, 2025Rakoff Irked By ‘Kindergarten-Like’ Depo In ‘Top Gun’ IP Case U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff harshly criticized attorneys for Paramount Pictures Corp. and plaintiff Shaun Gray during a hearing in a lawsuit over authorship of the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick, calling their conduct during depositions “kindergarten-like behavior.” The judge reviewed roughly 1 […]
- They Invented What? (No. 108) December 8, 2025U.S. Pat. No. 6,101,747: Athletic shoe having basketball hoop. What is claimed is: 1. An athletic shoe assembly comprising an athletic shoe having a heel forming a back exterior surface, a miniature basketball backboard, means for affixing said backboard to said back exterior surface, a circular rim being affixed to the miniatur […]