Oct 5, 2020
How to Market Your Business with Photos and Images Without Encountering Copyright Issues
So you’ve set up your business and the next step is to market it! A picture may be worth a 1,000 words . . . and it can also be...
Intellectual Property
Oct 1, 2020
The Great Monkey Beer Trademark Dispute
Trademark disputes are common in the craft beer industry. The abundance of craft beers all over the country results in similarly-named breweries and beers quite often. While obtaining a federal...
Jul 23, 2020
Playing Background Music At Your Business? You Might Be Breaking The Law.
Music is the universal language. Regardless of race, religion or nationality, music moves us, inspires us and can even influence our behaviors. If you own a business and play music,...
Jul 20, 2020
One Man Holds Many Possible Trademarks For The “New” Washington Redskins
The NFL team is changing their name. Will a “Trademark Troll” profit from it? The Washington Redskins announced this week that they will be changing their team name after mounting...
Jul 7, 2020
What is TEAS Plus When Filing a Trademark Application?
In the past, we have talked about many different trademark topics. When looking at trademarks themselves, we have discussed the difference between ® and TM. After a trademark has been...
Jul 1, 2020
Big Trademark Win For Dot-Com Brand Names
New Supreme Court Ruling Is A Victory For Dot-Com. The US Supreme Court just ruled that ‘Booking.com’ can be federally trademarked. The USPTO had rejected the mark ‘Booking.com’ as being...
May 29, 2020
Frost Bank in San Antonio Encounters Patent Lawsuit
Frost Bank in San Antonio has been served recently with a patent infringement lawsuit by company Lupercal LLC. The lawsuit identifies Dallas as Lupercal’s place of business, yet there is...
May 18, 2020
™ vs. ® – The difference between them.
Next to most logos or brand names, you can find either a ™ or a ®. Obviously, they must have some significance, but what is the difference between the two...
Feb 5, 2020
Answering Demand Letters Regarding Your Website
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. ...
Sep 23, 2019
Copyright Law and The Phillie Phanatic Lawsuit
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...
Aug 29, 2019
OSU’s Confusing Trademark Application
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,...
Aug 26, 2019
Gain Copyright Protection by Using an Anonymous LLC
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...