Intellectual Property Law

Trademark Protection In The Global Marketplace
This article was written by my friend, Brian Geoghegan, who describes himself as having "practiced trademark and copyright law since graduating in 1985 from the University of California at Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall)...

Copyright and Trademark FAQ
Thought I would post the Copyright and Trademark FAQ I will be handing out when I speak on “Intellectual Property Rights and Remedies” at the Canadian Special Events and Meetings Expo on April 1, 2008, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre: “This session, which is taught at Ryerson University is a veritable guide to copyrights & [...

Microsoft Files Arkansas Trademark and Copyright Infringement Case
Microsoft has filed a lawsuit alleging trademark infringement and copyright infringement. See Microsoft Corp. v. Delta Computer Experts, LLC, No. 08-0168 (E.D. Ark., filed 6/9/08). According to the complaint, defendants distributed unauthorized copies of Microsoft software like Word and Power Point...

Bull market
Are trademark filings really an economic indicator?  This is from the Philadelphia Inquirer (via David Ardia, who cites Marty.) Glenn Gundersen . . . [a] trademark and copyright lawyer at Dechert L...

Perfect 10 Gets Help from Industry Groups in Fight Against Visa
Perfect 10 ? the publisher of adult photographs that lost its appeal to hold Google liable for copyright infringement by linking to and displaying thumbnails of unauthorized copies of its copyrighted images ? has won the support of the MPAA,...

The Copyright Act: It’s a law, dude
We don’t mince words at LIKELIHOOD OF CONFUSION® regarding the misuse of copyright and trademark, but we’re having trouble finding anything wrong with this at-first-blush shocking story from the Reuters “news agency”: Federal officials on Wednesday arrested a man on suspicion of violating copyright laws for placing songs on the Internet from an unreleased [...