Bad guys are always looking to profit from other people’s properties and intellectual property (such as trademarks) is not the exception. You may be surprised that, yes, people steal businesses names, logos, copyrighted material, and that bad actors are getting...
The music industry scored a major victory last week with the help of the current administration, when President Trump signed a long-awaited bill called The Music Modernization Act (H.R. 1551) on Thursday, October 11th, 2018. Surrounded by well know musicians,...
The famous Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has won a preliminary injunction in federal court against small teahouse for what it was described as the deliberate use of a similar name and logo in order to confuse the public. Ouch! The Lower East Side...
Aretha Franklin’s funeral was fit for the Queen she was, complete with four changes of outfits and several public viewings. To express their admiration and gratitude, her fans traveled from faraway places to be close to her in her final tour. The famous interpreter...
Cool/Hot Guys AC are life savers. The Phoenix metro area company repairs and offers maintenance to air conditioner units, both residential and commercial, in a city that literally puts their ACs to the test. Air conditioners in Arizona work harder than most AC...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Thank you Bhavini Mistry for her contribution with this article.What is all the fuss? In 2014 the California-based surfer brand O’Neill sent a “#ceaseanddesist” letter to Thaddeus O’Neil, a designer from Long Island who sells similar...