by Angela Langlotz | Oct 23, 2018 | Trademark Infringement, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
Sometimes trademark infringement occurs when a competitor adopts the visual impression, or “look and feel” of a company’s packaging, the look of their restaurant, or the colors that are used in a retail space. This type of infringement, called “trade dress...
by Angela Langlotz | Oct 16, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyrights |
A viewer yesterday asked if it was permitted to make a painting from a photo that he took of a building on a college campus. He was told by campus authorities that is was not permissible under copyright law to create a painting from a photo of a building, that it was...
by Angela Langlotz | Oct 9, 2018 | Copyrights |
Earlier I discussed a copyright infringement where the infringer took a photograph of a mural on the side of a building, and used the photograph (to which he did not have rights) to make coffee mugs, t-shirts and posters. This sparked quite a few questions about...
by Angela Langlotz | Oct 1, 2018 | Copyright Infringement, Copyright Registration, Copyrights |
So here’s the situation: You paint an attractive mural on a building, and it’s so amazing that some enterprising soul takes a photograph of it and then uses that photograph to create coffee mugs, t-shirts, and posters. Is that copyright infringement? Yes, absolutely....
by Angela Langlotz | Sep 24, 2018 | Trademark Registration, Trademark Usage, Trademarks |
So-called “suggestive” trademarks make very strong marks because of the associations that they conjure up for the consumer. A suggestive mark alludes to a quality, feature, or end use of the goods or services, without coming right out and stating it. While the...
