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...
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 | Jun 26, 2018 | Blog
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...
by thefriedfirm | Jul 5, 2017 | Blog
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...
by thefriedfirm | May 23, 2017 | Blog
American rock band the Eagles (via the company owned by the band) is suing a Todos Santos, Mexico hotel for capitalizing off their song of the same name. “Hotel California” is the title track off the album Hotel California that was released in 1977. It reached #1 on...
