What Every Business Owner Should Know Once the Business has Registered Its Trademark with the USPTO

Posted by on Jun 18, 2013 in Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Copyright, Intellectual Property, News, Trademark | 0 comments   The main reason for registering your businesses’ name and/or logo with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is to keep others from using your company’s trademark. Federal trademark registration is so much more than a fancy certificate of registration from the USPTO. Once your company’s trademark is registered, your responsibilities as the business owner...
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The Trademark Registration Process Can be Lengthy, But Worth it in the End

Posted by on Jun 18, 2013 in Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Copyright, Intellectual Property, News, Trademark | 0 comments For many businesses, the idea of registering their trademark on the Federal Principal Register with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is a thought but sometimes pushed to the side as “not yet necessary” to running the everyday business. In truth, many businesses seem to think that their business name and logo will not be “hijacked” by a competitor. However, many...
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Are you the target of a John Doe Lawsuit?

Posted by on Oct 19, 2012 in Copyright, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, News, Uncategorized | 1 comment Have you received a document from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) telling you that they have been subpoenaed to provide Internet Protocol address (IP address)?  Typically, these suits claim that a IP address associated with a John Doe defendant violated a copyright law by downloading pornographic material.  The Plaintiff requests expedited discovery and then request the name and address...
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Are we finally rid of Commercials?

Posted by on Jul 10, 2012 in Copyright, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, News, Television | 1 comment Dish Network has created a device that allows the user of their forego commercials while watching some primetime offerings by major networks.  Dish calls it “Auto Hop” and also offer certain primetime programming on demand in what is called “Prime Time Anytime”.  Networks such as Fox, CBS, and NBC filed suit against the network for these options.  Fox has described these features as...
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Judge Rules that Claims of a Stolen Script are “Expendable”

Posted by on Jun 27, 2012 in Copyright, Entertainment, Film, Intellectual Property, News | 0 comments Writer Marcus Webb sued Sylvester Stallone (and Millennium Films, Nu Image Films, and Lions Gate) claiming that Stallone and writer David Callaham for copyright infringement.   Webb claimed that his script entitled The Cordoba Caper, was “strikingly similar” to the movie The Expendables.  Webb further claimed that it was possible that both Stallone and Callaham could have seen the script...
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Your Privacy Rights on Facebook Are NOT Safeguarded By Viral Status Updates

Posted by on Jun 9, 2012 in Art, Copyright, Entertainment, Film, Intellectual Property, Music, News, Sports, Television, Trademark | 0 comments If you have been on Facebook in the past few days, you have seen the most recent privacy chain letter that seems to have gone viral everywhere on Facebook. The privacy chain letter requests Facebook users to post a disclaimer which basically says that the Facebook user forbids organizations and other people from using his or her information on Facebook. The privacy chain letter makes clear that...
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