The INTA Annual Meeting is here! As one of the largest gatherings of trademark professionals from around the world, the INTA Annual Meeting offers opportunities for networking, education, and collaboration. Against the...more
5/20/2024
/ Consumer Confusion ,
Copyright ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Right of Publicity ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Ownership ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
With “spooky season” dominating October holiday talk, it’s easy to forget poor old National Apple Day or simply Apple Day, which took place last Saturday and is observed every October 21. According to Wikipedia, one can...more
March 8 was, according to questionable sources, National Retro Video Game Day in the US. As one of Foley Hoag’s several resident video game nerds, this reminded me of one of my favorite video-game-related IP disputes...more
Last November, we wrote about the Copyright Office’s decision to ditch its paper registration system for the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) safe harbor and start a new online system completely from scratch. If you...more
9/12/2017
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
Digital Media ,
DMCA ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ,
Registration Requirement ,
Safe Harbors ,
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Most readers of this blog are well-acquainted with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the anti-circumvention provisions codified therein, 17 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq., which prohibit the circumvention of...more
When last we looked in on the Google Books dispute, the Second Circuit had overturned class certification in the suit, brought by the Authors Guild and multiple individual authors, on the basis that the District Court first...more