The USPTO has announced that trademark fees in the United States will be undergoing significant increases on January 18, 2025. Here is a summary of the changes.
Application Fees
You will no longer enjoy a discounted fee for filing a
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The New Copyright Circumvention Rules
In 1998, Congress enacted the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). In addition to establishing the notice-and-take-down regimen with which website and blog owners are (or should be) familiar, the DMCA made it unlawful to “circumvent a technological measure that effectively
Joint Custody and Equal Shared Parenting Laws
Yes, this is off-topic. It is, however, the reason I haven’t been posting to this blog lately. In addition to finishing out some cases, I have been working on developing this 90-minute program for the past few months.
In what
Can We Talk Here? – Trademark Law and Speech Rights
In recent years, the United States Supreme Court has been grappling with the thorny question of how the First Amendment applies to trademarks. In this blog post, attorney Thomas B. James attempts a reconciliation of recent pronouncements.
The Slants (Matal
Suggestive Trademarks
Is that a source identifier in your pocket or are you just being descriptive?
A trademark gives its owner an exclusive right to use it in connection with a particular kind or category of products or services. At the same
Copyright Infringement Damages
Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy
Are damages for copyright infringement always limited to the three-year period before suit is filed? The Supreme Court says no.
The Limitations Period for Copyright Infringement
The Copyright Act imposes a three-year statute of limitations
AI Lawsuits Roundup
A very brief summary of where pending AI lawsuits stand as of February 28, 2024. Compiled by Minnesota attorney Thomas James.
Thomson Reuters v. Ross, (D. Del. 2020)
Filed May 6, 2020. Thomson Reuters, owner of Westlaw, claims that Ross
Nontransformative Nuge
A reversal in the 4th Circuit Court demonstrates the impact the Supreme Court’s decision in Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts v. Goldsmith is already having on the application of copyright fair use doctrine in federal courts.
What Is In the Public Domain?
Creative expressions generally are protected by copyright law. Sometimes, however, they are not. When that is the case, a work is said to be in “the public domain.”
The rules specifying the conditions for copyright protection vary from country to
Newly Public Domain Works 2024
Partial list of signficant works entering into the public domain in the United States in 2024.
When the term of a copyright expires, the work enters the public domain, meaning that it may be freely reproduced, distributed, performed, displayed, and