August 29, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property, Trademarks / 0 comments
Ohio State University has filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for “THE,” in international class 25 for use on clothing, namely, t-shirts, baseball caps, and hats. Ohio State has frequently, much to the chagrin of anyone who did not attend the university, referred to it as “The Ohio State […]
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Answering Demand Letters Regarding Your Website
February 5, 2020 / by Larry Donahue / Copyright, Intellectual Property / 0 comments
As an attorney who deals with hi-tech cases, a few clients have expressed to me a situation that I feel any business owner who has a website should learn from. The situation involves business owners that paid an independent contractor to build their websites. Unconcerned with where all the images came from, they never asked […]
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Copyright Law and The Phillie Phanatic Lawsuit
September 23, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Copyright, Intellectual Property / 0 comments
The Philadelphia Phillies’ mascot, the Phillie Phanatic, may soon not be the property of the Phillies. How and why this could be are interesting questions that teach us a part of copyright law that not everyone is aware of. A little background regarding the Phillie Phanatic is appropriate, but I don’t want to get hung […]
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Using a DMCA Agent to Limit Liability
September 9, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property, Trademarks / 0 comments
Reading opinions submitted in the comment section of a digital newspaper article makes for a richer and more interactive experience compared to a traditional printed publication. Sure, a printed newspaper might include an opinion section, but even if the opinions were submitted the day before, they’re stale compared to the real-time content in a digital […]
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OSU’s Confusing Trademark Application
August 29, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property, Trademarks / 0 comments
Ohio State University has filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for “THE,” in international class 25 for use on clothing, namely, t-shirts, baseball caps, and hats. Ohio State has frequently, much to the chagrin of anyone who did not attend the university, referred to it as “The Ohio State […]
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Gain Copyright Protection by Using an Anonymous LLC
August 26, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Anonymous LLC, Copyright, Trademarks / 0 comments
These days, confidentiality is hard to come by. On a personal level, it’s hard to be anonymous even on a weekend vacation with friends when they tag you in pictures on their Instagram feed. In a business context, many filings and registrations are publicly accessible with just a click of a mouse. There are a […]
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Likelihood of Confusion in Trademarks
August 21, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Intellectual Property, Trademarks / 0 comments
For many businesses, brand name protection is one of their most important assets. Brands helps customers identify a particular business as the source of that business’s goods or services. And once consumers find a brand they like, they’re loyal to it. Take Corona, for example. Come Cinco de Mayo every year in the U.S., you […]
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Rolling Forward with Your Food Truck Idea
July 25, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Business Law, LLC, Small Business, Trademarks / 0 comments
It usually goes something like this: while visiting a friend in Portland, you stopped by one of the city’s 50+ food cart pods the day it wasn’t raining and about midway through your $9 latin-roasted chicken with chimichurri and crispy potatoes so delicious you think it must have been prepared by a Peruvian god, it […]
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Deepfakes and their legal implications
July 23, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Copyright, Intellectual Property, Lawsuit / 0 comments
It’s hard to deny our affinity for creativity when it comes to enhancing selfies, vacation photos, or everyday moments with friends. Photo alteration, or manipulation, has been around for more than a century. Ansel Adams enthusiasts know he manipulated his distinct landscape images by creating darkroom exposure techniques. These days, filters on Snapchat and Instagram […]
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Trademark or Cultural Appropriation?
July 3, 2019 / by Kameron Kramer / Trademarks / 0 comments
Kim Kardashian is in the news again, perhaps she never really left the news, but this time for a Trademark issue. She is trying to Trademark the name KIMONO for her shape wear line. A Kimono is a traditional Japanese garment. Although KIMONO is obviously spelled the same as the Japanese garment, it is a […]
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YouTube’s Copyright Rules
May 30, 2019 / by Sean Friend / Copyright, Intellectual Property / 0 comments
As a content creator, it’s important to know the rules when it come to making, editing, and publishing videos on YouTube. One aspect of creating videos for YouTube is having great music to accompany your video which will emcourage the viewer to keep watching. According to Time Magazine, we now have a shorter attention span […]
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