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Why Hire a Trademark Attorney to File a Trademark?
By Carmen Cornejo You have probably seen internet companies that file Trademarks for cheap. They seem professional but to get to the point, there is a Mexican saying that goes “Lo barato sale caro”- which translated means “what comes cheap can really cost you a lot...
Nike and Undefeated Steal Logo from United States Naval Academy and Get Into Trouble
Even those who are not trademark attorneys were calling out Oregon based Nike and Los Angeles-based company Undefeated for taking the United States Naval Academy crest and use it as a brand logo. As you can see here, many of the features of the two are the same....
The patchwork legal landscape of the marijuana use
In case you have not noticed, the marijuana businesses are blooming in Arizona and other states. Dispensaries can be found in multiple places in cities, and the production in rural areas has spread. In Arizona, there is an energized community of marijuana...
NDAs can protect your business in spite of its infamous misuse
This legal document has been in the news lately so much and some of it’s use has been controversial. Trump has used one to gag porn star and producer Stormy Daniels and makes individuals working with him, sign. Harvey Weinstein had used it in an attempt...
EU implements data protection rules that will bring new and improved e-rights to consumers
Contribution by Carmen Cornejo Years before the Cambridge Analytical scandal, the European Union (EU) planned reinforcing data privacy online and ambitiously set the date of May 25th, 2018 for companies’ compliance. This new standard enhances and creates new...
Facebook confronting lawsuits for use of face recognition technology
Thank you SHAIZAH HASAN for your contribution. As if it wasn't enough with the Cambridge Analytica problem, Facebook is facing a class action lawsuit against their illegal use of a facial recognition on photos, without users’ approval. It seems like Mark Zuckerberg...
Ed Sheeran and Tim McGraw sued for song copyright violation
Famous musicians, Ed Sheeran and Tim McGraw, are battling a lawsuit against Sean Carey and Beau Golden for copyrighting Carey/Golden’s 2014 song “When I Found You”. Ed Sheeran co-wrote Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s song “Rest of Our Life” which became very popular...
Padmaavat: Bollywood film making the zealots crazy
Contribution by Bhavini Mistry In 2017 protests erupted across India over the production of a Bollywood film based on a sixteenth-century historical poem called Padmaavat. The story revolves around a married Hindu queen named Padmaavati and a Muslim emperor named...
Avengers, Beauty and Guardians of the Galaxy Facing the Court
Thanks, Bhavini Mistry for your collaboration. Movie companies Paramount Pictures, Fox, and Disney were sued for copyright infringement by Rearden LLC for using their MOVA “facial motion-capture technology” in their box-office winning films Marvel’s Avengers,...
#metoo #utoo ESPN? Misogyny allegations haunts ESPN
Thanks, Bhavini Mistry for your collaboration. Adrienne Lawrence was waiting to be offered a full-time position as a legal analyst for ESPN, the well-known sports network. During her two-year fellowship as a legal analyst, her dream job turned into a nightmare....