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No Fake News Here. Your Website or App Content Can Get You Sued for Copyright Infringement, Unless It Complies with New Law
President Trump regularly says you can’t trust the media. He’s 100% right — if he’s talking about a type of digital media. This would be the third-party content, such as videos, photos, and posts to chat rooms, bulletin boards, and discussion forums, that are hosted on a site or app (“Site(s)” for purposes of this…
What is the ‘Right of Publicity”?
Most people have heard of well-known categories of intellectual property law such as trademark or copyright, but there is another type that you might not know, and all of us own one – the right of publicity. Don’t be misled by the word “publicity”; this right does not require you to be a celebrity pursued…
Beyonce Filed Application to Register Blue Ivy Carter's Name with USPTO
Beyoncé has filed an application to register her 5-year old daughter Blue Ivy Carter’s name with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) for use on everything from hair care to clothing, mobile devices and video games, among a number of other classes of goods. In 2012, shortly after Blue Ivy’s birth, Beyoncé and husband…
Homemade Inventions Deserve Patents, Too
Some people still believe that patents can only be issued for exotic and high-tech inventions. However, U.S. patent law does not require that a new device, product or process resemble something from a science fiction movie; a useful modification or improvement of an existing device may also be worthy of patent protection. A patentable device…