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...
The JOBS Act represented the most sweeping change to the federal securities laws in quite some time. Because many of its changes replaced bright line prohibitions with permissive standards, this article points out that the Act might lead...
This article briefly outlines the requirements of one step businesses are legally obligated to generally (subject to exceptions) take with regard to "exports of physical goods." The step in question, the filing of an export declaration, is...
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...
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.
This article notes that a common negotiating ploy used by franchisors when speaking with prospective franchisees is to present certain aspects of the process as non-negotiable is often nothing more than a tactic. Thus, even if a franchisor...