by Angela Langlotz | May 29, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyrights |
Who owns your selfies? You do. And as the copyright holder, you have the right to prevent others from making copies of them or using them in a “derivative work.” Copyright law gives artists and creators the right to the exclusive use of their work the moment the...
by Angela Langlotz | May 24, 2018 | Trademark Infringement, Trademark Opposition Proceedings, Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
We have another episode of Trademark Wars! It seems grocery giant Trader Joe’s — my favorite grocery store! — has fended off the predations of a naughty infringer, bent on using the fame of the Trader Joe’s name to promote their own goods. Naughty...
by Angela Langlotz | May 21, 2018 | Trademarks |
A “fanciful” trademark is a made-up name that only exists to function as a trademark; it has no meaning apart from that. They don’t mean anything in the English language (or in any language, for that matter), and are in essence “neologisms” (that’s a fancy word for a...
by Angela Langlotz | May 15, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyright Registration, Copyrights, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Monitoring, Trademark Registration, Trademarks |
How to Protect Your Trademark or Copyright Against Foreign Infringers? Copyright and Trademark infringement is big business, and there’s lots of money to be made in the sale of counterfeit goods. Companies spend millions of dollars in advertising and promotion of...
by Angela Langlotz | May 8, 2018 | Trademark Cancellations, Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
It never pays to lie, especially on your trademark application. What happens if you lie? A potential client came to me, asking about how he could stop an “infringer.” The “infringer” had been using his mark on podcasts, and his registered trademark claimed use on...
