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Intellectual Property
Spinning Out of Control: Peloton’s Attempts to Cancel a Trademark Bully
Mar 10 2021
Have you attended a spin class at your local gym or health club? Or are you immersed in the more timely, sanitary home-spinning craze? Have you related either of these activities to a company called Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc.? Likely not. However, Mad Dogg owns several US trademark registrations, including Registration No. …
Posted in Intellectual Property, Legal Watch
How Scammers Target Your Employees to Steal Your Trade Secrets
Feb 25 2021
Employee Training and Education Is Key To Avoiding Online Scams What are Trade Secrets? For confidential information to be classified as a trade secret, it must not be generally known (i.e. it is only known and used by you) or …
Posted in Intellectual Property, Legal Watch
5 Tips — Protecting The Photographer’s Copyrights Online
Nov 23 2020
Photographers are especially vulnerable to theft of their work. Unfortunately, artists of all types have their work wrongfully copied and used without their consent on a regular basis, and in this age of the Internet and Instagram, photographers can be …
Posted in Intellectual Property, Legal Watch
Copyright Registration For Blogs and Social Media Posts Just Got Easier
Sep 11 2020
U.S. Copyright Office Issues New Rule for “Group Registration of Short Online Literary Works” (GRTX) Are you a prodigious blogger? Are you an influencer? Do your social media posts garner lots of “likes”? This is because your content is great, …
Posted in Intellectual Property
Always Read the Terms of Service on Social Media
Apr 29 2020
By Posting to a Social Media Site, You Agree to its Terms of Service While social media was prevalent before the COVID-19 crisis, it has become even more vital as a primary means of interacting with friends/family, current customers, and …
Posted in COVID-19 Updates, Intellectual Property, Legal Watch
Blackbeard, Copyright Fair Use, and the COVID-19 Crisis
Apr 07 2020
ARRRRRR!! There was an important US Supreme Court case Allen vs. Cooper (no. 18-877) decided on March 23, 2020. It struck down the Copyright Remedy Clarification Act (CRCA) which allowed copyright owners to sue States for copyright infringement (using another’s …
Posted in COVID-19 Updates, Intellectual Property, Legal Watch
USPTO extends filing deadlines
Apr 02 2020
USPTO Extends Certain Responsive Filing Deadlines to June 1, 2020. Responsive filings due between and inclusive of March 27 and May 31, 2020 are extended to June 1, 2020. The new notices supersede the previously posted: “Notice of Waiver of …
Posted in COVID-19 Updates, Intellectual Property, Legal Watch
Intellectual Property Goals For 2020
Jan 07 2020
Do You Have 2020 IP Vision? If you own a business, you use intellectual property (IP), whether it is your own or someone else’s. Your 2020 IP goals should include: 1) determine what IP you own and how/if you are properly …
Posted in Intellectual Property, Legal Watch
Data Privacy Issues For Emerging Businesses
Aug 02 2019
Start-ups and emerging businesses need a detailed privacy policy and data privacy plan in place from the outset. Data Privacy Issues Data privacy is the relationship between the collection and dissemination of data, along with the determination of what – …
Posted in Intellectual Property, Legal Watch
False Advertising Issues For Emerging Businesses
Jul 09 2019
False advertising is the use of false, misleading, or unproven information to advertise products to consumers. The Basics In the United States, the federal government regulates advertising through the FTC, and additionally permits private litigation through various statutes, most notably …
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