Dancing into the new year, it’s now time for our annual recap and look ahead, covering recent developments in trademark, copyright, media/entertainment, and branding law. 2023 started off with web... Read more
Now here’s a ‘tail’ of two canines. Or more specifically, recent trademark parody cases involving man’s best friend…and the brand manager’s worst enemy. First, we’ll provide some... Read more
Protection of food products serves as a valuable case study for comparing and contrasting various IP strategies.... Read more
Businesses typically rely on trademark or even copyright to protect their valuable branding assets. However, an effective branding strategy also employs the exclusivity of both design and utility... Read more
Recapping major developments from this past year in IP, branding law, trade regulation, and entertainment law, COVID-19 once again dominated our lives some two years later, casting its long shadow... Read more
One key Branding Law strategy involves stretching the boundaries of traditional trademark principles for registering important business assets. As a companion piece to our discussion of non-standard... Read more
As we celebrate the anniversary of our nation’s founding, it’s time to examine when national insignias can be registered with the U.S. Trademark Office. Under Section 2 of the Trademark Act (15... Read more
Copyright law typically protects original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression against copying. As such, traditional examples of copyrightable subject matter have included... Read more
Now that we’re officially one year into the current catastrophe it’s time for a brief retrospective from a Branding Law perspective. Commonly-known as “the coronavirus” early on, as a... Read more