New Hope For Your Scandalous, Immoral, or Vulgar Trademark
The prohibition against approving immoral or scandalous trademarks has long been controversial, and led to legal disputes over everything from “Madonna”-branded wine in the 1930s to “Bubby Trap”-branded bras in the 1970s to quite a lot of things branded as “MILF” in more recent decades.
September 17, 2018
Supreme Court to Decide Whether Copyright Registration or Application is Needed to Bring Suit
The US Supreme Court will soon resolve a split among federal circuit courts regarding when a person claiming copyright infringement can bring an action to defend their property against alleged infringers.
September 07, 2018
The New European Privacy Laws and Your Business: Practical Tips For Avoiding Penalties
The new EU privacy laws apply to any business based anywhere the world (including the United States) that collects or stores any identifiable information, including names and email addresses, about people living in the 28 countries of the EU.
August 23, 2018
The New European Privacy Laws and Your Business: What is Now Prohibited?
The GDPR is a tremendously lengthy and complex set of rules, laid out in 99 separate articles. This post is a brief summary of the types of actions that are prohibited by the GDPR.
August 03, 2018
The New European Privacy Laws and Your Business: Do the Laws Apply to You?
The GDPR consists of 99 separate articles which collectively turn the tables on how businesses deal with personal data, essentially shifting the approach from an “opt-out” regime to an “opt-in” rule.
July 18, 2018
Don’t Let Your Cannabis Brand IP Go Up in Smoke
By protecting your branding, you avoid copycats from taking your profits by stealing your intellectual property, and we all enjoy the benefits of a marketplace where innovators and entrepreneurs are encouraged to create the best cannabis-themed lollipop on the market by awarding them their due profits.
June 26, 2018
Advocates for the Creative Mind
