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No Monkeying around with Selfies
A lawsuit has been settled in San Francisco over copyright ownership of a “monkey selfie” taken on a photographer’s camera back in 2011 in Sulawesi, Indonesia. PETA,also known as the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, filed a lawsuit...
The limits of Trolling the Trolls
When Taylor Ragg made some public postings with the intention to harass an undocumented student in Transylvania University he never thought he would be the trolled at the end.There is a website under his name called taylorragg.com but Taylor himself did not...
Death by Overuse: How brands become generic?
Thank you Bhavini Mistry for your diligent research and writings. Another of her contributions here.Sometime in your life, you have used products as a generic word in a conversation. Some examples would include “Do you have a band-aid”, “Want...
Not so Magical Kingdom: Disney’s copyright problems
Thank you Bhavini Mistry again for your diligent research and contribution.The world of Disney is not always as magical as it appears to be. Earlier this month, a child development expert named Denise Daniels filed a copyright lawsuit against Disney for...
Who owns Pink Floyd?
Thank you Bhavini Mistry for your contribution.Pink Floyd, the iconic rock band of the 70s, went through an immense legal battle divorce between the band members. Roger Waters, one of the founding members, was known as the creative essence of the band writing the...
Right to Repair? Apple, John Deere and others in the spotlight
It used to be that if something you bought broke, you could bring it to any local repair shop, or even try yourself. Most things were built of basic components widely available in your local stores. As we have moved to a consumer society, and price of mass products...
Fire the Nazis? Not so fast! Employment laws and Freedom of Speech in the post Charlottesville, Virginia era
I know there are a lot of emotions after the sad events of this weekend. There is the call to identify the participants in the marches and calls for their employers to take action. Although it is unfair to compare with the Google memo that was leaked a few...
Purple Rain? Better be the right Pantone Color
My son bought a car recently and the color he picked was red. More specifically, it was an Arrest me Red. If you go to a paint store the color of your wall paint may have specific names. Names are easier to remember, rather than memorizing the combination of basic...
The Science Guy versus Mickey
Thank you Bhavini Mistry for your contribution with this article.In August 2017 Bill Nye had enough an decided to sue Disney for suppressing twenty-eight million dollars of profits for which he earned when he hosted the show, “Bill Nye the Science...
Trademarks Across Borders: US and Mexico fight over FLANAX drug
Since 2015, Bayer AG, the iconic German chemical powerhouse, has been battling a trademark lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court against a drug company, Belmora LLC, over a foreign brand FLANAX being distributed in the United States. “Flanax” was...