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US Film Industry Plays Both Sides of the Aisle Endorsing Both Party Platforms!
Normally Hollywood is seen as being a wholly owned subsidiary of the Democratic Party (Clint Eastwood notwithstanding). So it was a bit of shocker when the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)...
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Warner Bros. Beats Out Creators’ Heirs Over Rights to Superman
Warner Bros., which now owns publisher DC Comics, won a major legal victory on Wednesday against the heirs of Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, the co-creators of Superman. The family of the creators of...
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In May of this year, Chef Dominique Ansel of Dominque Ansel Bakery in Manhattan, came up with a new product that combined the laminated dough of a croissant with the shape and sweetness of a donut. He...
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NY Federal Court Rules Website Design Not Protectable Trade Dress
Companies spend lots of money these days on their website design. For many businesses, their website is their only portal to obtain new clients; for others, its a large part of their marketing...
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NY Fed.Court: Starbucks Can’t Stop Coffeehouse from Selling “Charbucks” Coffee
Starbucks received a big legal blow last week when the Second Circuit (NY’s Federal Appeals Court) held that use of the phrase “Charbucks” by a New Hampshire coffeehouse does not dilute the “Starbucks”...
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Candy Crush: From Annoying Game to Trademark Troll in 3 Easy Steps
Having been constantly inundated with request by friends to play Candy Crush Saga on Facebook, I confess to not being a fan of the game. But I write this post as objectively as possible nevertheless....
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US Patent Office Denies Trademark Request for “RedSkin Potatoes” As...
Last month, an examining attorney for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has rejected a Washington State potato company’s application to trademark “Washington Redskin Potatoes,” in...
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POM v. Coca-Cola Case Gets Supremes’ Attention
While the Supreme Court this week declared the good news that racism in America is over, allowing States to ban the use of affirmative action in public universities, it was also hearing arguments in a...
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Whose Skyline Is It Anyway?
Looks like the Port Authority of NY and NJ which operates many of the City’s tunnels and bridges and the World Trade Center site, has finally moved off of BridgeGate and corruption issues and to to...
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Passive ISP Company Found to be Active Participant in Infringement
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act protects Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other companies that merely provide a place to host content from claims of copyright and trademark infringement for...
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NY Federal Court Rules Website Design Not Protectable Trade Dress
Companies spend lots of money these days on their website design. For many businesses, their website is their only portal to obtain new clients; for others, its a large part of their marketing...
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NY Fed.Court: Starbucks Can’t Stop Coffeehouse from Selling “Charbucks” Coffee
Starbucks received a big legal blow last week when the Second Circuit (NY’s Federal Appeals Court) held that use of the phrase “Charbucks” by a New Hampshire coffeehouse does not dilute the “Starbucks”...
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Candy Crush: From Annoying Game to Trademark Troll in 3 Easy Steps
Having been constantly inundated with request by friends to play Candy Crush Saga on Facebook, I confess to not being a fan of the game. But I write this post as objectively as possible nevertheless....
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US Patent Office Denies Trademark Request for “RedSkin Potatoes” As...
Last month, an examining attorney for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has rejected a Washington State potato company’s application to trademark “Washington Redskin Potatoes,” in...
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POM v. Coca-Cola Case Gets Supremes’ Attention
While the Supreme Court this week declared the good news that racism in America is over, allowing States to ban the use of affirmative action in public universities, it was also hearing arguments in a...
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Whose Skyline Is It Anyway?
Looks like the Port Authority of NY and NJ which operates many of the City’s tunnels and bridges and the World Trade Center site, has finally moved off of BridgeGate and corruption issues and to to...
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Passive ISP Company Found to be Active Participant in Infringement
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act protects Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other companies that merely provide a place to host content from claims of copyright and trademark infringement for...
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“3:05 Cafecito Time” Case Shows Limits of a Good Idea
I’m sure Jenny Lee Molina, the founder and principal of the Miami public relations firm JLPR, publicist JennyLee Molina, thought she struck gold when she came up with “#305Cafecito” to designate 3:05pm...
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SCOTUS to Decide If “Scandalous”“Immoral” Terms Can Be Trademarked
In a case that presents a crossfire of First Amendment and intellectual property issues, the Supreme Court heard arguments yesterday in a case involving an Asian-American band that calls itself “the...
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Pro Se Plaintiff Beats Back Trump Org in Trademark Battle Over iTrump Music App
After a contentious six-year legal battle, the Trump Organization and its phalanx of high-priced lawyers have been beaten down by 40-year-old San Francisco music teacher, Tom Scharfeld. Scharfeld...
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