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On May 20, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a trademark licensee can continue to use the trademark after a bankrupt licensor rejects ...

This decision overrules the Federal Circuit's decision in VE Holding Corp. v. Johnson Gas Appliance Co., 917 F.2d 1574 (Fed. Cir. 1990).

Adding an Instagram border and a few "gobbledygook" notations to an original photograph is not transformative as a matter of law.

Gene Pool Technologies, Inc. ("Gene Pool") is a company focused on cannabis and hemp extraction technologies. Coastal Harvest, LLC ("Coastal") is in the business...

On April 27, 2016, Congress passed the Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA), which President Obama is expected to promptly sign.

You may think of it as "graffiti," but a court in New York must determine if "aerosol art" is "meritorious" and of "recognized stature" such that it gets special copyright protection.

Creative Commons is a great resource for those looking for fully-licensed, free photographs.

On Monday, August 5, 2019, President Trump signed an Executive Order on Blocking Property of the Government of Venezuela

On a recent episode of the St. Louis Public Radio program "St. Louis on the Air," Thompson Coburn partner and retired Judge Booker Shaw highlighted two prominent cases that have raised questions about Missouri's...

In Chase v. Wizmann, the California Court of Appeal affirmed a preliminary injunction that ordered a neighbor to relocate his loud pool and air conditioning equipment to the other side of his house, at considerable expense, before trial.

The question of whether a product manufacturer or employer in an asbestos lawsuit can introduce evidence of the plaintiff's exposures to asbestos from other sources has become a highly contested issue.

Prejudgment interest is recoverable in Illinois only where authorized by contract or statute.

The situation is familiar: You represent a LLC or LP and file suit in state court to avoid disclosing the identity of your members/partners.

Whenever Ed McMahon joyfully announced that we had already won millions in fabulous cash and prizes, we all felt the rush of hopeful elation and the cold sting of reality.

The 2022 Borrower Defense to Repayment Final Rule ("2022 BDR Rule") has been the subject of litigation for almost two years. Thompson Coburn is closely following developments in this litigation.

Contrary to popular belief, companies don't want to bombard consumers with loud, obnoxious ads. Such abrasive advertisements tend to push consumers away.

Shortly after posting my article on sweepstakes winners who didn't want the prize they had won, I noticed several articles about a sweepstakes winner who ran into trouble while trying to resell his prize.