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About Peter Lemire

Peter Lemire is a founding member of Leyendecker & Lemire, LLC, specializing in business and intellectual property law.

Great Names vs. Great Products

Originally Posted 4/6/06 

Over the years of dealing with individual inventors and start up companies I have noticed an interesting phenomenon concerning product ideas and their respective product names. Quite often clients come in with a business or product idea and have a corresponding name that is attached. It is very interesting to see how attached […]

October 14th, 2008|

Doing Some Good

Originally Posted 2/21/06 

In this blog post I am doing something a bit different. I am not going to talk about law or business or our firm – I wanted to highlight a very special event that is starting tomorrow February 22 and will continue on until February 24 that has become special for me and […]

October 14th, 2008|

50 Cent Sued for Copyright Infringment

Originally Posted 1/24/06 

Rapper 50 Cent is the latest5 artist to be sued for copyright infringement. Lil’ Joe Wein Music, filed suit against 50 Cent in Miami federal district court claiming parts of 50’s “In DA Club” which appeared on the “Get Rich or Die Trying” infringe on former 2 Live Crew member Luther Campbell’s 1994 […]

October 14th, 2008|

50 Cent Sued for Copyright Infringment

Originally Posted 1/24/06 

Rapper 50 Cent is the latest5 artist to be sued for copyright infringement. Lil’ Joe Wein Music, filed suit against 50 Cent in Miami federal district court claiming parts of 50’s “In DA Club” which appeared on the “Get Rich or Die Trying” infringe on former 2 Live Crew member Luther Campbell’s 1994 […]

October 14th, 2008|

Three Chords and The Truth Part II

Originally Posted 1/11/06 

In the fist installment of this article, we examined the case of Bridgeport Music, Inc. V. Dimension Films which surrounds digital sampling. Additionally I put forth the opinion of Peter Gutmann, an attorney who wrote an article in the October issue of IP Law and Business critiquing the decision and ultimately making his […]

October 14th, 2008|

New Look and RSS Feed!

Orginally Posted 1/5/06 

Well we have adopted a new look – not all together willingly. We have been experiencing issues with the blog and the sidebar placing itself at the bottom of the page when I am trying to post the second installment of three chords and the truth. In an attempt to remedy it we […]

October 14th, 2008|

Three Chords and the Truth

Originally Posted 12/14/05 

 Part I

“All I’ve got is a red guitar . . . three chords and the truth” U2’s Bono reflects in their cover of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower”. If you take a look a most popular music these days, you might be surprised by how many songs consist of basically three chords […]

October 14th, 2008|

Yet One More Advantage of Opertaing a Business in a Corporation or LLC

Originally Posted 11/26/05 

Virginia Bankruptcy Court Ruling Underscores the Importance of Giving Thought to the Form of Business You Choose To Operate Under

A provision of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, which took effect on October 17, 2005, can have a large impact on what forms of businesses are preferable to operate. […]

October 14th, 2008|

The Incestuous Love Triangle of Entity Names, Trade Names and Trade Marks – How to Avoid Being Caught With Your Pants Down (Part III)

ORIGINALLY POSTED AUGUST 4, 2005 BY PETER C. LEMIRE

In the first two installments of this three part series I introduced a scenario that I have seen time and time again. A client will come into my office holding a cease and desist letter from another company demanding that the potential client immediately cease using their […]

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