by thefriedfirm | Sep 25, 2018 | Blog
Frances McDormand famously left the 2018 Oscar audience wondering what an “inclusion rider” was, after ending her Best Actress acceptance speech with the two words. In the days after, commentators did provide some description that the phrase refers to a entertainment...
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...
by thefriedfirm | Sep 7, 2018 | Blog
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...
by thefriedfirm | Aug 23, 2018 | Blog
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...
by thefriedfirm | Aug 3, 2018 | Blog
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...
