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Fashion Clash: The Significance of A Stripe
Turmoil in the fashion department began on April 8, 2015 when Adidas sued retailer Marc Jacobs for trademark infringement and dilution.[1] Adidas, which has a registered trademark for its three-stripe design for use on countless types of apparel, alleges that Marc by...
FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Spark Industry Pushback
On February 26, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) adopted the “Open Internet” rules[1], more widely known as “net neutrality,” and released the 400-page document to the public on March 12, 2015[2]. Net neutrality is “the idea that all traffic on the...
When Fans become Creators: It’s Morphin Time!
The unauthorized and hardcore (it’s even in the title now) version of the Power Rangers[1], seen in a short from the director Joseph Kahn and starring James Van Der Beek and Katee Sackhoff, garnered a lot of Hollywood buzz in the last few weeks as well as a number of...
College Football Trend to Trademark Nicknames – What’s Behind it?
The nicknames “Famous Jameis,” “Johnny Football,” and “Beast Mode” have become household names in the sport industry. More and more athletes, specifically football players, are trademarking their nicknames to get ahead of the game in an attempt to maximize their...
Who Owns Left Shark – Perry or the People?
Left Shark, the uncontested star of Katy Perry’s Super bowl Halftime performance, swam into our hearts and Twitter feeds with its endearingly flubbed dance moves. The social media firestorm following the performance quickly made Left Shark a pop culture icon, spurring...
Piracy or Fair Use?
Viacom, the parent company of Nickelodeon, recently filed a copyright and trademark infringement suit against the operators of <nickreboot.com> for pirating Nickelodeon shows and using “similar imitations of Viacom’s Nickelodeon Marks” to create an impression...
A Case of Cara
All eyes are always on those eyebrows. Literally. Cara Delevingne has quickly risen to international supermodel status and, thanks to her trademark eyebrows, she has become one of the fashion industry’s most famous faces. But it now appears that the bushy-browed...
Even Blurrier Lines
Please see fellow Senior Staff Writer Sandra Rubinchik’s article, “Blurred Lines” Jury Ruling Unlikely to Set Legal Precedent in Music Industry, for another viewpoint on this issue. Tuesday, March 10, 2015, Robin Thick and Pharrell Williams lost their copyright...
“Blurred Lines” Jury Ruling Unlikely to Set Legal Precedent in Music Industry
Please see fellow Senior Staff Writer Kristina DiBenedetto's article, "Even Blurrier Lines," for another viewpoint on this issue. On Tuesday, March 10th, a California federal jury determined that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams had non-willfully plagiarized Marvin...
It all started when Edward Snowden shed the light on spying operations occurring outside of U.S. borders, these operations involved the National Security Agency ("NSA") collecting data on many telephone and e-mail conversations in other nations, and many were linked...