Strange but True Trademark

Strange but True Trademark

Trademarks are very important to have protected properly and legally. If you have been creative to come up with something that is unique and worthy of a trademark, then you deserve to have the exclusivity that goes along with that. Many people have come up with names, symbols, and other things that could easily be […]

Can Pi be trademark protected?

Think back to math class.  Do you remember learning about pi?  It’s that funny little greek letter that looks like this π.  It is used to represent the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter and is roughly defined as 3.14159 no matter how large or small the circle is.  It is one of […]

On Wednesday June 18, 2014, the United States Patent and Trademark Office cancelled six Washington Redskins trademarks citing that the football team’s name is “disparaging to Native Americans” and thus in violation of federal trademark laws banning offensive or disparaging language. This topic has been a hot one in the world of intellectual property law the last […]

What Qualifications Must a Patent Lawyer Possess?

What is the difference between a patent lawyer and patent agent? Both are licensed to practice and represent clients before the United States Patent and Trade Offices. Both patent agents and patent attorneys can prepare and file patent applications. The difference between them is that patent agents cannot “opinion of validity of another party’s patent […]

The “Frozen” Lawsuit

Frozen, the Disney movie released in 2013 was recently declared as the highest grossing animated movie of all time.  To date, it has grossed almost 1.1 billion dollars!  Yes – that’s right – billion with a “B.” In fact, it is the only animated movie to make over 1 billion dollars.  Of course, with that […]

Food for Thought: Images on the Internet

In this day and age where anyone can write a blog or put up a website many use images found on the internet to use to make their blog more interesting. Many times these bloggers or website owners will then be shut down after getting a threatening letter from an attorney over the use of […]

Vidalia Onion is a Trademarked Name

It’s that time again – fresh, sweet Vidalia onions are in supermarkets all throughout Florida.  Just thinking about onion and cucumber salad or home-fried onion rings made with these tremendously tasty onions are enough to set anyone’s mouth to watering. Yet, very few people realize that not every sweet onion on the grocery store is a […]

Holograms, Michael Jackson and Cirque De Soleil

In 1991, Natalie Cole made headline news when she recorded the song “Unforgettable” along with her father, who had passed away years before.  He was not only on the sound track, but with the advances in technology, was present in the video as well.  It’s now 2014 and technology has continued to advance in the […]

The Fight Over Mickey

Approximately twenty years ago, Joel Zimmerman, a young teenager, was working on his computer when it suddenly quit working.  Smelling something burning, Joel opened up the computer only to find a dead mouse inside.  Inspired by this somewhat gruesome incident, he created the stage persona of Deadmau5 (pronounced dead mouse)! Zimmerman is a DJ and […]

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