Disney has recently settled a trademark dispute with deadmau5 (pronounced “dead mouse”) regarding a mouse head design alleged to be confusingly similar to the famous Mickey Mouse logo.
Category: Intellectual Property Law
Cuba Libre: Protecting Your Company’s Intellectual Property in Cuba
President Obama’s recent policy-changes on US-Cuban relations present exciting new possibilities for American companies. Only 90 miles from Florida and with over 11 million people, Cuba represents a significant, untapped marked for American exports.
Tactile Trademarks and Other Non-Traditional Brand Extension
Companies are always looking for the next “edge” to attract and retain customers. Traditionally, marketers have looked towards visual source-identifiers as the lynchpin of branding efforts-an obvious fact reaffirmed by legions of billboards, neon signs…
Elements of Brand Licensing: Jessica Simpson and Sequential Brands Group
On April 2, 2015, Sequential Brands Group (NASDAQ: SQBG) announced a definitive agreement with Jessica Simpson, acquiring a majority interest in Ms. Simpson’s “Jessica Simpson” brand.
New “.Sucks” Generic Top Level Domain Creates Trademark and Brand Protection Challenges
Your brand. Arguably, nothing is more important to your company. Without your brand, the years you spent carefully crafting customer goodwill could evaporate overnight. For most companies, carefully managing their online presence-through their company website and social media presence-has become a crucial part of maintaining their brand identity.
Internet of Things (IoT) and Emerging Intellectual Property Issues
The Internet of Things has already changed the way you live: whether you realize it or not. Everything from the cars we drive to the vegetables we buy at our local store are increasingly integrated into a broad new class of technologies collectively known as the Internet of Things.
Posthumous Posts and Other Digital Intellectual Property
With so much of our lives spent in the cloud, we have to prepare ourselves for a difficult question: what happens to our digital intellectual property when we pass away?
Taylor Swift, Trademarks, and Song Lyrics
Not only was Taylor Swift’s 1989 the bestselling album of 2014, it may have also spawned one of the most interesting “Trademark Protests” of 2015…
The Hollywood Reporter And Billboard Feature Lawsuit Filed By Grimes LLC On Behalf Of Evergreen Media Holdings and Stage and Mot
Leading entertainment industry publications The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard have featured a lawsuit filed by Grimes LLC on behalf of Evergreen Media Holdings and producer Tony DeRosa-Grund concerning publishing rights to the Stax Records music catalog. The Stax Records music label is iconic in the history of music having launched the careers of Otis Redding, Isaac Hayes and Booker T and The MG’s, among others.
NCAA Removes Right Of Publicity Release From Agreements With Student Athletes
the NCAA has now removed the disputed release from this year’s version of the Student-Athlete Statement. It appears that the NCAA may be attempting to distance itself from the intense scrutiny that has surrounded the release since the class action lawsuit was filed. It should also be noted that a federal judge is currently deliberating as to whether the NCAA illegally restrained trade by preventing the athletes fro
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