INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Trademark Modernization Act of 2020

[Trademark registration by B. Finn for Annie Oakley brand Cigars] by Heather N. Tilley

Following the CASE Act copyright bill passed as part of the Omnibus COVID-19 relief bill, Congress has taken yet another swing at intellectual property law reform with […]

SupCo trademark game-changer

Take care around trials and appeals

By Peter Lemire

A recent decision by the Supreme Court will have attorneys and business paying more attention to what are known as “adversary proceedings” before the United States Patent and Trademark Trial and Appeals Board (TTAB).

Adversary proceedings are basically mini administrative trials that are conducted when one party […]

Kick-starting the new year

Crowdfunding might be just what your business needs

By Peter Lemire

When meeting with clients, we often explain to them that securing intellectual property rights of inventions or products is an important step of the process, but it is just the start and sometimes is the easiest part of bringing a product to market or […]

A forgotten right the government can’t take away

If you have followed the news lately, you’ve probably have heard about the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) board decision to cancel the Washington Redskin’s federal trademark registrations covering their name and graphical logo. The USPTO had determined that the term, “Redskin” and the graphical logo associated with the NFL team, violated trademark […]

August 11th, 2014|

Hazy times for Colorado’s marijuana businesses

Many businesses are dealing with the impacts of Colorado’s foray into recreational marijuana. Often, this uncertainty is focused on how the new laws and regulations will be implemented. While compliance with the Colorado regulatory framework is often the first priority of companies associated with the marijuana industry, another important legal issue is lurking below the […]

May 22nd, 2014|

The perils of third-party IP policy shifts

Gammers Teach us a lesson on the perils of shifting 3rd Party IP Policies.

 

Before Christmas a client gave me a heads up about some new developments in Youtube’s Content ID System that was causing an uproar in the gamming community and others who monetize their YouTube videos.  The conflict stems from what appears to be […]

January 29th, 2014|

The murky law of fair use

Weird Al doing a Michael Jackson song parody?

In our practice, we deal not only with the enforcement of intellectual property rights, but we also do a fair amount of defense of accused infringers. One of the surest ways of getting into an intellectual property dispute (aside from illegally downloading movies using BitTorrent) is to make […]

November 6th, 2013|
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