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The rise of eReader devices and eReader marketplaces provides more and more opportunities for online self-publishers.

A reasonable jury could thus conclude that there was no false advertising here, the court reasoned.

A Plaintiff Cannot Amend a Complaint to Add Newly Obtained Copyright Registrations.

A federal court has rejected the settlement agreement in the six year old Google Books litigation. Judge Denny Chin wrote that "[w]hile the digitization of books and the creation of a universal digital library would benefit many, the [settlement] would simply go too far."

Yesterday, I reported on a failed petition to cancel a U.S. trademark registration for "goats on a roof of grass." Today, I'll discuss why non-traditional marks

While searching for a good topic this week, I noticed a trio of recent lawsuits that provide a good overview of the increased role trademarks have in the exploding cannabis industry.

Earlier today, the United States Patent and Trademark Office announced that it finally has applied to register its own trademarks.

Law firms often struggle to determine when the rules of professional conduct permit representation of clients who compete in the marketplace. When is it OK, for example, to represent clients with competing patents, trademarks, or copyrights?

The Court noted that the fact that so many media outlets used the photo demonstrates that market value.

The 9th Circuit has determined that animals cannot sue for copyright infringement. At issue was the following: a monkey, Naruto, was a seven-year-old crested macaque that lived—and ...

On January 7, 2012, singer Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (known professionally as "Beyoncé") and her husband, rapper and record producer Shawn Corey Carter (known professionally as "Jay-Z"), gave birth to their first child, a daughter named Blue Ivy Carter.

There's good news for companies that rely on trade secrets. A brand new federal law - the Defend Trade Secrets Act - provides a raft of expanded remedies for theft of trade secrets.

The Ninth Circuit has ruled in favor of Unicolors, Inc., finding that the company has a valid copyright registration despite a mistake in the registration.

Most of these suits, however, do not name individual defendants.

In the US, attorneys' fees generally are not available to the winning party unless authorized by statute or the parties have agreed to permit a fee award.

On February 24th, the Supreme Court ruled that lack of either factual or legal knowledge can excuse inaccuracies in copyright registrations under Section 411(b)(1)(A) of the Copyright Act.

As I wrote about in my post last month, the USPTO issued a 30-day extension on the time to file certain trademark-related documents or fees that would have been due between, and inclusive of, March