by jburns | Oct 21, 2016 | News
In early October, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) met with the Cuban Industrial Property Office (OCPI) in what is deemed as a “historic office-to-office meeting” by the USPTO during the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) general assemblies in...
by Tasha Pulvermacher | Oct 16, 2016 | Art Law, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Fashion Law, Labor and Employment, Policy, Sports Law, Trade Secrets, Trademark Law, Unfair Competition
“Google” is now a verb. Everyday people say, “I’ll just Google that” or “don’t ask me … look it up on Google!” Over 3.5 billion searches are conducted a day on Google, and each search connects users to hundreds if not millions of hyperlinks that act as gateways to...
by Hani Gazal | Oct 15, 2016 | Copyright
This September, the Delhi High Court in India ruled in favor of Delhi University (DU) photocopying college textbooks from many major publishers on the ground that “copyright . . . is . . . not an inevitable, divine or natural right” in comparison to the value of...
by Adam Longman | Jul 7, 2016 | Trademark Law
The vendors are out on Canal Street, New York City’s notorious hub of counterfeit trafficking. In the heat of the summer shopping season, they are eagerly shouting names like Michael Kors and Louis Vuitton to the commuters walking by. Stores are wide open, showing...
by Preston Barclay | Jun 8, 2016 | Entertainment Law, Sports Law
In a 2012 post-game interview, Washington Nationals superstar Bryce Harper, 19 at the time, responded to a question about whether he would take advantage of Canada’s lower legal drinking age with “That’s a clown question, bro.”[1] Harper sought to trademark the catch...
