Since 2015, the Led Zeppelin band and estate of Randy Wolfe, late singer of the band Spirit, have been embroiled in a copyright lawsuit over “Stairway to Heaven.” The wrinkle in the case comes from issue of whether or not the copyright protection of the sheet music of “Taurus” extends to performance elements of “Taurus” not specifically registered with the United States Copyright Office.
Read MoreMatt’s El Rancho (“Matt’s”), a Tex-Mex restaurant located in Austin, filed suit in late June against Horseshoe Hill Cowboy Café (“Horseshoe”) in Fort Worth, and its founder, Grady Spears, for infringing its BOB ARMSTRONG DIP trademark (Reg. No. 5,135,570).
Read MoreIn this week’s Conversations with Innovators, we are talking with Kenneth Lewis, the Chief Executive Officer of OneGold and APMEX.
Read MoreIn 2018, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), slated to take effect the first day of 2020. The CCPA, with protections so similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) that it is known to many as “GDPR-lite,” regulates data breaches and consumers’ privacy.
Read MoreThis article provides a reasonably accurate overview of a deal flow for many transactions involving the sale of IP-based companies, professional services businesses, and other Knowledge-Based Enterprise (“KBE”). The article is part 2 of a 12-part series covering the key elements involved in the sale of IP-based and professional services businesses.
Read MoreGatorade’s use of “sports fuel” was not an infringement of another company’s mark, per a recent ruling by a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Read MoreKlemchuk LLP’s 2019 Game Plan - “Who’s Got the Monkey?”
Read MoreIn this week’s Conversations with Innovators, we are talking with Ryan Stump, the Chief Operating Officer of Charlie’s Holdings, Inc., formerly known as Charlie’s Chalk Dust.
Read MoreKlemchuk LLP’s 2018 Game Plan - “Growing Giant Pumpkins”
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Read MoreIn recent news, the Facebook “Like” button may get a revamp to align with the EU’s GDPR standards.
Read MoreKlemchuk LLP’s 2016 Game Plan - “The Success Pyramid”
Read MoreTransactions involving knowledge-based businesses have additional nuances that must be addressed, to ensure both parties benefit from the transaction. This article discusses some of the special issues presented in these types of deals, involving transferring intangible assets.
Read MoreThe Trademark Registration Audit program of the USPTO randomly selects trademark registrations to be audited in order to determine whether the registered trademarks are actually in use with their related goods and services.
Read MoreA Philadelphia bar is seeking to trademark ‘PLAY GLORIA’ and use it in connection with the sale of apparel and merchandise emblazoned with the mark, claiming first use and creation of the connection of use with the mark in support of the St. Louis Blues hockey team that used Laura Branigan’s 1982 song “Gloria” throughout their Stanley Cup championship series.
Read MoreA federal court passed down a blockbuster ruling, holding that e-commerce giant Amazon can be held liable for third party sellers’ products, effectively allowing Amazon to be held liable for defective products sold by third party vendors via the Amazon marketplace.
Read MoreA video of someone licking a tub of Blue Bell ice cream and returning it to a store shelf soon went viral. Beware the legal consequences of intentionally tampering with a consumer product, knowing that the consumer product will be offered for sale to the public or as a gift to another.
Read MoreTech companies and leaders in audio monitoring systems have created aggression detector surveillance technology systems as an alternative to typical video monitoring, to monitor auditory interactions between people and perceive when a conversation is escalating to potential violence, triggering an alert.
Read MoreThe decision over whether Kim Kardashian will be able to successfully register “KIMONO” is left ultimately up to the U.S. Trademark Office alone, and the federal agency is banned from making subjective decisions on the registrability of the mark based on public sentiment.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court ruled that the long-standing precedent and prohibition of seemingly scandalous trademarks violated the First Amendment.
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