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New Hope For Your Scandalous, Immoral, or Vulgar Trademark
Who’s to say whether your business’ trademark is scandalous or immoral, right? Well, until recently that decision was clearly in the seemingly arbitrary hands of the USPTO examiner who got their hands all over your vulgar application. And that decision could often...
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Copyright Registration or Application is Needed to Bring Suit
In a case that could have an enormous impact on the ability of content producers to protect their intellectual property (IP), the Supreme Court will soon resolve a split among federal circuit courts regarding when a person claiming copyright infringement can bring an...
The New European Privacy Laws and Your Business: Practical Tips For Avoiding Penalties
In our two previous posts, we talked about what businesses the new European Union privacy laws apply to as well as the basic prohibitions and requirements that apply to those businesses. In this final post of our series on the General Data Protection Regulation...
The New European Privacy Laws and Your Business: What Is Now Prohibited?
In the first post of our European Union (EU) privacy law series, we talked about who the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) rules apply to. To put it briefly, the new rules apply to any business in the world (including the U.S.) that stores or...
The New European Privacy Laws and Your Business: Do the Laws Apply to You?
Public concern over online privacy, data breaches and unauthorized data usage is nothing new. For years we have been hearing about large-scale data breaches at retailers like Target and Home Depot, and the past year alone brought alarming news about the colossal...
Don’t Let Your Cannabis Brand IP Go Up in Smoke
Much of the discussion around cannabis laws in the United States has focused on the odd legal regime we are living under: numerous states, especially in the west, allow medicinal and recreational cannabis to be sold openly (and advertised widely on billboards, among...
What MMA’s Mechanical Licensing Collective Means for Songwriters
If you are a songwriter whose works are distributed along streaming/digital platforms such as Spotify or Apple Music and still think of Ronda Rousey or Conor McGregor when you hear the initials “MMA,” now is the time to take note of the Music Modernization Act, or MMA...
Paul McCartney and Sony/ATV Settle Over Rights to Beatles Music
A closely watched copyright case has reached a fairly uneventful conclusion. In June, Paul McCartney and Sony/ATV opted to settle over song rights for The Beatles catalogue. Back in January, McCartney sued Sony/ATV, seeking a declaratory judgment on whether he would...
Instagram Introduces New Feature for Labeling Sponsored Ads
Social media has irrevocably altered many of the ways we interact and receive information, including news and advertisements. Instagram, for instance, has become a major mode of outreach for brands, enabling them to easily connect with loyal and potential customers....
Supreme Court Rules Ban on Disparaging Trademarks is Unconstitutional
In one of the most anticipated trademark cases in years, the Supreme Court has ruled that prohibiting the registration of disparaging marks violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. The issue (which we covered last year) stems from Simon Tam attempting...
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