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IP Tip of the Month

Originally Posted 2/22/06

When you are registering a domain name for your business, spend a little extra and register as many related alternative domains as possible. For instance, if your preferred domain is “reallygreatdomain.com”, you may want to also register “reallygreatdomains.com” as well. You also may want to lock up the .net, .org, .tv, .name and […]

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|

Low Quality Patent Service Providers, Part 1

Originally Posted 1/29/06 

A while back I promised to write an article about low quality patent providers or perhaps I should say patent providers that provide low quality patent applications and other services. Well, here is the first of which will likely become a series on the topic. This installment discusses the dreaded “low cost provider”.

The […]

October 14th, 2008|

Client Going to the Olympics!

Originally Posted 1/26/06 

Michelle Roark, a client of Leyendecker & Lemire, will be representing the United States in Women’s Freestyle Moguls in Torino. In the past few weeks, Michelle has won two World Cup events so she is definitely peaking at the right time. We wish her the best of luck and encourage all of our […]

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|

SOLA update #2

Orginally Posted 1/19/06 

The SOLA blog posts have been the most popular on our website.

Over the past several months we have received a number of emails concerning SOLA and its principles. I am not going to share the actual content of the emails because I have not had the opportunity to verify their veracity. Nevertheless, I […]

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|

Quality, Service & Price: Choose Two

Originally Posted 12/22/05 

The title is reminiscent of a sign that a friend of mine had posted behind the counter of his print shop in the early nineties. What made me remember this sign was my experiences over the past few months was my experiences over the past few months dealing with contractors and buying appliances […]

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|
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