This article presents a thorough catalog of links to recent articles by some of the foremost commentators on trademark and internet law. A small sample of links provided and summarized by this article include how attorneys are using Facebook to...
This article notes that in some ways, the internet is a replication of the real world whereas in other ways, it plays by its own rules. Specifically, the article focuses on how distinctive marks are created, maintained and presented on the web...
This article relates a story about an SEO consultant turned trademark troll whose efforts to get a settlement from a former client were foiled by that client's resistance and a California court. The article notes several interesting takeaways...
Someone writes a bad review about your business on a website. You think that the review contains statements which qualify as defamation. Can you file a lawsuit against the writer? This article points out that before you file a...
Licensing agreements commonly contain a clause granting the licensor an audit right. This article points out that the parties signing a licensing agreement commonly overlook this clause, and that this can lead to bad outcomes for both over the...
This article continues analysis of a magistrate's opinion in a BitTorrent case where an adult film company sued a number of anonymous defendants alleging violations of trademark rights. The article quotes several amusing excerpts from the...
This article points to a disturbing trend in intellectual property lawsuits: ex parte decisions (meaning that only one side's arguments were necessarily heard) to enjoin the use of allegedly offending domain names. The result of these...
This article continues reviewing topics which were discussed at the INTA 2012 conference by looking at a panel on search engine optimization. The article points to a seeming imbalance on the panel which resulted in an obfuscation of the...
The GeekView IP Weeks(ish) in Review analyzes several trademark, copyright and advertising disputes and news from around the country. It provides analyses of several claims, counterclaims, missteps and so on, and highlights some of the steps...
Copyleft is the biggest risk you run when you incorporate open source code into your products. Make sure you understand what an open source license prohibits you from doing and what it forces you to do.