ArticleDoes BREXIT Really Matter To Me In The United States?Well, if you are a company doing business in Europe and have registered your trademarks, it will.United StatesIntellectual PropertyMiles & Stockbridge
ArticleDomain Name Issues UpdateCompanies are responding in droves to block their brands from .xxx. Venable's experience comports with press reports that the .xxx registry is seeing far more blocking applications than they had forecasted. United StatesIntellectual PropertyVenable LLP
VideoDon't Touch My Brand!When can a video game include your brand without your permission to sell clothes, or feature handbags that copy your "real world" products?United StatesIntellectual PropertyDentons
ArticleDon’t Buy Someone Else’s IP ProblemIntellectual property due diligence often gets relegated to a final checklist item in acquisitions, but this approach can lead to costly oversights. Jason Balich explores why IP assessment should receive the same early, strategic attention as financial analysis, and provides a framework for evaluating whether a target company's patents, trademarks, and trade secrets are properly secured and enforceable. United StatesIntellectual PropertyWolf Greenfield & Sacks
ArticleEthical Issues In Trademark PracticeOn June 5, 2018, Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme will be a featured panelist on the American Bar Association's "Ethical Issues in Trademark Practice" CLE webinar.United StatesIntellectual PropertyPryor Cashman LLP
VideoHail To The Redskins – For Now? Debating The Future Of The NFL Team’s BrandJim Bikoff appeared on the latest World Trademark Review podcast where he discussed issues surrounding the Washington Redskins’ name and examined the past, present and future of the NFL team’s brand. Listen to the podcast below.United StatesIntellectual PropertySmith Gambrell & Russell
ArticleHeavy Meta: Is Rebranding Worth All This?October 28, 2021, was a big day for the "metaverse."United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleHermès Challenges Rothschilds On Trademark Use: A Defining Moment For The 'MetaBirkin'The 'MetaBirkins' case, in which luxury brand Hermès has attempted to protect its trademarks while artist Mason Rothschild has asserted the right to artistic expression, has reached the Second Circuit of the US Court of Appeals.United StatesIntellectual PropertyWithers LLP
ArticleHow To Avoid Intellectual Property LitigationIn an economy driven by information, preserving and utilizing your intellectual property is key. Partner Rob McDonald and Associate C. Gideon Korrell present an overview of issues in Canadian intellectual property law. United StatesIntellectual PropertyDentons
ArticleHow To Win BigAn athlete's "brand" typically crosses the spectrum of trademark and right of publicity laws in the United States.United StatesIntellectual PropertyFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
ArticleImportant Change In USPTO Trademark Practice – Strategies For Fighting Patent Trolls With Sharaz Gill (Video Content)The USPTO has changed its trademark practice with regard to renewalsUnited StatesIntellectual PropertyBarnes & Thornburg LLP
ArticleIP Technology Year In Review And Forecast For 2017: Protecting Your Company's IP PositionWith the rapidly evolving case law, it may be challenging to ensure that your company's intellectual property rights are protected.United StatesIntellectual PropertyArnold & Porter
VideoIt’s 2015 And Marty McFly Was Right: Hoverboards Do Exist (Video Content)Yesterday I wrote about the DeLorean controversy and mistakenly posted that flying skateboards do not exist. I stand corrected.United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleJake Wharton Interviewed By Bentley Tolk On The Legal Marketing Launch PodcastsI was the latest guest on Legal Marketing Launch, a podcast hosted by attorney and legal marketing guru Bentley Tolk. United StatesIntellectual PropertyWomble Bond Dickinson
ArticleJustin Pierce Discusses 3D Printing In World Trademark Review PodcastAs prices fall and technology improves, the potential benefits and hazards of 3D printing are looming larger in the minds of brands' IP counsel, said Venable partner Justin E. Pierce during a recent World Trademark Review podcast.United StatesIntellectual PropertyVenable LLP
ArticleLegal LandscapeLori S. Kozak was featured in the Los Angeles Business Journal article "Legal Landscape." Full text can be found in the October 16, 2015 issue, but a synopsis is below.United StatesIntellectual PropertyFox Rothschild LLP
VideoM&S Lawyer Hank Abromson Discusses The Difference Between Trade Name And Trademark (Video)The difference between a trade name and a trademark can be confusing.United StatesIntellectual PropertyMiles & Stockbridge
VideoMinutes On The Matter With Jeffrey Kass: Keyword Bidding On Search Engines (Video)Discover the power of keyword bidding on search engines and optimize your business on Google! Join us for this discussion on the latest episode of Minutes on the Matter with Dickinson Wright attorney Jeffrey Kass. United StatesIntellectual PropertyDickinson Wright PLLC
ArticleNew Developments In Intellectual PropertyThe SCCBA High Technology Law Section is hosting a program on the latest significant developments in patent, trademark and copyright law.United StatesIntellectual PropertyOrrick