Everything Online Is Forever: LoC to Archive All Tweets Ever
I’m a little slow on the uptake on this one, but on January 4 on the official Library of Congress blog (yes, of course there’s an official Library of Congress blog), they posted an update regarding...
View ArticleThe Trouble With Trademarkia: Misleading Marketing [UPDATE: Trademarkia...
A couple weeks ago I filed a trademark application on behalf of a client. Simple word mark, standard classes, everything done online via a TEAS+ application, no big deal. This week, I received a rather...
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Do I Trademark My Name Or Logo?
For a lot of small businesses and startups, there’s just not a lot of money to go around. So when that business is looking to make payroll, get a minimum viable product out the door, or just keep the...
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Kanye Propelled By Smart Copyright Enforcement
As someone who was drawn to the law and particularly the law of copyright through the file-sharing lawsuits of my formative years, I’ve heard some version of this argument a million times: “Artists...
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GoldieBlox v. Beastie Boys Settling?
Way back in November, GoldieBlox, Inc. sued the Beastie Boys and a host of others, asking a court to declare that their use of a “parodied” version of the Beastie Boys song “Girls” in their commercial...
View ArticleApplying for a Trademark: International Classes
When applying to register a mark through the Unites States Patent and Trademark Office, the PTO will want to know what kinds of goods and services you use your mark in conjunction with. That is, what...
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Making Fair Use of APIs
In light of yesterday’s jury verdict in Oracle v. Google, I thought it worth revisiting the concept of fair use in copyright, including the factors that go into determining whether or not a use is...
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