TheTMCA.com blog has had a busy first half of 2018 with a total of 62 posts so far this year. Thank you to our loyal readership, which keeps growing. In case you missed them, here are our top 8 posts of 2018 so far, with continue reading...
Coffee addicts and meme fanatics are slightly less caffeinated and slightly less entertained after a California federal district court recently ruled that Grenade Beverage, LLC infringed the intellectual property rights of viral meme sensation Grumpy Cat, when Grenade Beverage sold ground coffee using her name and continue reading...
Under U.S. Copyright Law, copyright protection affixes to “original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression.” While copyright registration is not required to claim copyright rights, Section 411(a) of the Copyright Act requires registration prior to commencement of a federal copyright lawsuit. continue reading...
This post is about Hamilton. Well, sort of. It’s actually about copyright law. But keep reading! Most people who have attempted to buy a highly sought-after ticket—like, say, a ticket for Hamilton—have experienced the frustration of being beaten to the punch by armies of bots continue reading...
Trademark licensing disputes can present thorny issues at the intersection of contract and trademark law. And when the dispute involves the Trump brand for residential buildings, the adjudication of rights and obligations under a trademark license agreement can become national news. The decision in Residential continue reading...
We previously posted about an Oregon federal district court’s summary judgment rulings, favorable to Adidas, in the storied battle between heavyweights Adidas and Skechers. (Adidas America, Inc. v. Skechers USA, Inc. (D. Or. 2017)). Earlier in the case, the district court entered a preliminary injunction continue reading...
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: an OB-GYN you probably don’t know named Dr. Drai applies to register his name as a trademark and ends up in a dispute with famous rapper Dr. Dre because the rapper fears there will be confusion between continue reading...
Winston Churchill famously commented in 1939 that Russia was “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” The same could be said about Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov, daughter of Russian Tsar Nicholas II, who was rumored to have survived the massacre of the Tsar’s continue reading...
Can a stock photography agency bring a copyright infringement lawsuit on behalf of individual photographers? According to the Ninth Circuit, the answer is “maybe.” A recent decision provides another example of what the Ninth Circuit referred to as “the now often litigated issue of whether continue reading...
It’s finally the start of baseball season: you can almost feel the gentle spring breeze, smell the peanuts and popcorn, and hear the crack of the bat. You may also notice something more colorful, dotted, and perhaps camo-patterned wrapped around those bats: nope, it’s not continue reading...
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