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Looking at the #BigPicture in Trademarking Your Company/Brand’s Hashtags

by thefriedfirm | Dec 5, 2018 | Blog

Hashtags have been an easy punchline for about as long as they have been popular on social media engines such as Instagram and Twitter, and this is somewhat propelled by the fact that a good-sized chunk of them serve the one and only purpose of being punchlines to...

Tracy Chapman Suit Against Nicki Minaj Highlight Importance of Protection and Permission

by thefriedfirm | Nov 15, 2018 | Blog

“Sorry is all that you can’t say” is the opening line of Tracy Chapman’s 1988 single “Baby Can I Hold You” (off of her 6x Platinum, Grammy-nominated debut album), but it also seems to be a sentiment Chapman is directing towards megastar Nicky Minaj, who allegedly used...

BMI Battles Against Leading Concert Promoter Association For Songwriters and Composers

by thefriedfirm | Nov 8, 2018 | Blog

As returns from album sales have fallen off the streaming music cliff over the past 15 years, musicians have increasingly had to hit the road to make a living. Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara once told a reporter, “This has become a really blue-collar industry, which...

Can Street Artists Sue For Unauthorized Use of Their Work?

by thefriedfirm | Oct 20, 2018 | Blog

The history of graffiti over the last several decades is a dizzying journey, going from a top urban nuisance in the 1980s to street artists and their work being mythologized and honored in films and museums. And to be a clear, there is a line, if sometimes...

New Hope For Your Scandalous, Immoral, or Vulgar Trademark

by thefriedfirm | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog

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...
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