Supreme Court: Disparaging Trademarks Are Entitled to Registration Under First Amendment We previously reported a decision of the Trademark Trial … Continue reading Supreme Court: Disparaging Trademarks Are Entitled to Registration Under First Amendment
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Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part V of V) – Recapturing and Monetizing Fan-Generated Content
Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part V of V) – Recapturing and Monetizing Fan-Generated Content Intellectual property rights holders … Continue reading Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part V of V) – Recapturing and Monetizing Fan-Generated Content
Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part IV of V) – Avoiding the Perception of Being “Heavy Handed”
Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part IV of V) – Avoiding the Perception of Being “Heavy Handed” As discussed … Continue reading Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part IV of V) – Avoiding the Perception of Being “Heavy Handed”
Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part III of V) – Exercising Prudence in Intellectual Property Enforcement
Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part III of V) – Exercising Prudence in Intellectual Property Enforcement Once a rights … Continue reading Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part III of V) – Exercising Prudence in Intellectual Property Enforcement
Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part II of V) – Articulating an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy:
Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part II of V) – Articulating an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy: As discussed in … Continue reading Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part II of V) – Articulating an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy:
Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part I of V) – Balancing Fan-Engagement with Intellectual Property Protection
Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part I of V) – Balancing Fan-Engagement with Intellectual Property Protection Customer engagement and … Continue reading Developing an Intellectual Property Enforcement Strategy (Part I of V) – Balancing Fan-Engagement with Intellectual Property Protection
“Bad Boy of Pharma” Martin Shkreli Faces Copyright Lawsuit over Wu-Tang Clan Album
Pejoratively called the “Bad Boy of Pharma” after his company raised the price of Daraprim, a drug often used by AIDS patients, by more than 5000% overnight, Martin Shkreli has attracted a great deal of bad publicity. The BBC opined that he “may be the most hated man in America”. Hillary Clinton accused him of “[p]rice gouging”, while Donald Trump said “[t]hat guy is nothing. He’s zero. He’s nothing. He ought to be a
Let them Eat (Birthday) Cake and Sing!! $14 Million Settlement Reached in “Happy Birthday” Copyright Case
While many of us have known that every time a bell is rung an angel gets its wings, very few of us have known that for decades Warner Music has been receiving money every time the song “Happy Birthday” was sung as birthday candles were being blown out across America. But there is now good news for birthday clowns, family restaurants and the thousands of others who have collectively paid upwards of $50 million in
APPLE FOUND TO BE A WILLFUL INFRINGER; SLAPPED WITH $626 MILLION ADVERSE VERDICT IN PATENT LITIGATION
As reported by CNN Money, a jury recently awarded $626 million in damages against Apple in a case involving its FaceTime and iMessage software. VirnetX filed the lawsuit against Apple, claiming that Apple’s software infringes several of its patents that purportedly cover security technology used in real-time communications over the Internet.
Capri Sun®, Shape-Trademarks and Patent Expiration
Previously, we wrote about the ongoing legal battle between Deutsche SiSi-Werke Betriebs GmbH, owners of the CAPRI SUN® brand, and Faribault Foods over Faribault’s laminated fruit juice pouches. In particular, we wrote about how SiSi-Werke’s registration for its laminated pouch trademark had become incontestable, and what impact such incontestability would have on Faribault’s ability to argue that the CAPRI SUN® bran