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Home • 2015 07 29 ashley madison copyright jen

Ashley Madison, the DMCA, and the Misuse of Copyright Law

As I was reading about the Ashley Madison hack yesterday, I was surprised to learn that Avid Life Media, the company behind this website, claimed to be mitigating the damage to its users by using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, known as the DMCA. That’s right, the company that helps

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Home • 2015 07 14 3d printing sports cars

3D IP Series: Now We’re Printing Fast Sports Cars?

I remember the dot matrix printer I used in college. It weighed about 50 pounds, and I almost broke my back every time I moved it. Plus, every document I printed on that monster was basically illegible. In light of that experience, I must confess that I welcomed the news

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Home • 2015 06 26 Periscope Meerkat Vine Jen

Periscope, Meerkat, and Vine – IP Infringers?

Between the Women’s World Cup and the U.S. Open golf tournament, we watched a lot of great competition this weekend and are looking forward to more this week. But while others may just see the brilliant play of Megan Rapinoe and Abby Wambach on the pitch or the victorious play

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Home • 2015 05 26 Interest 2014 IP Cases pt2

Where Are They Now? An Update on 4 Interesting IP Cases

We covered some mighty interesting IP cases last year that spanned the worlds of pop culture and sports – and we thought we’d take a few minutes to check in on four of those cases to find out where they are now. The Led Isn’t Out Yet Remember back when

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Home • 2015 05 15 twitter hashtag

Social Media Trends & Hashtag Trademark Law

Over the past few months, there has been an interesting trend in trademark law around the world, with the creative use of social media technologies colliding with the creative use of the trademark registration system. Yes, I’m talking about #trademark mania, aka the rush to trademark hashtags. We can talk

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Home • 2015 04 10 7 ways startup brand 01 antigone

7 Ways to Protect Your Startup’s Brand

You’ve spent a lot of blood, sweat, and tears to build your startup (and more friends-and-family money that you care to admit). One of the smartest things you can do at this point (besides hiring a great CFO), is protect your brand from a potential trademark infringers (and avoid a

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Home • 2015 04 08 brands tm 01 kandis

Find Your Brand’s Trademark and Keep it, Too!

Have you ever said to your attorney, “Oh, I know I should be thinking about my IP, but …?” Trademark attorneys hear this all the time: you’ve already fallen in love with your brand name, and neither hell nor high water will keep you from using it. Well, both hell

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