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Just last month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling on a case that has been making news for what it means for IP law for years. The case involved silk screen images created by artist Andy Warhol of the musician Prince back in 1981. The colorful series sometimes...
A “patent troll” is an unpleasant term used to describe a company that acquires and enforces patents, primarily for the purpose of extracting licensing fees or suing other companies for alleged infringement. In more polite terms, they’re often called “patent assertion...
Sometimes trademarked brand names aren’t harmed by other businesses misappropriating the name. They’re destroyed by events beyond a business’s control. Readers who remember the 1970s and earlier likely recall a popular “diet candy” known as Ayds. It had been around...
Most everyone is familiar with the term “Taco Tuesdays.” Restaurants and food trucks across the country have their own Taco Tuesdays every week. But who can legally use the term? That’s been the subject of dispute over the years. Even basketball great LeBron James has...
If someone duplicates a logo, image, name or something else you’ve trademarked without your consent, it can be relatively easy to hold them liable for trademark infringement. However, it’s often not so clear-cut. Many cases involve what’s called “trademark dilution.”...
