Help! My Seller Account Has Been Disabled!
Online marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay, and online app retailers such as Google Play and Apple’s App Store are increasingly a primary channel of revenue for goods resellers and ...
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Upgrading Your Military Discharge after Adverse Action
Many recently discharged service members – especially those separated administratively with an Other Than Honorable (OTH) conditions discharge – are led to believe that their discharge will be automatically upgraded ...
The Artistry of Small Business Start-Up Valuation
There are a number of ways to fund your start-up business including equity financing, bootstrapping and debt financing, to name a few. Every single which way involves business-savvy planning and ...
Why Would Someone Oppose My Trademark Registration?
There are many different reasons why someone might file an opposition or cancellation proceeding challenging a federal trademark application, and many clients are surprised to learn that it often has ...
The Value of Security Clearance Due Diligence
For many government contractors and federal employees, their security clearance is their livelihood. Yet most individuals with a security clearance do little to protect this valuable asset until a reinvestigation ...
Lexmark v. Static Control: What It Means for Consumers
Last month, the Supreme Court issued a game changing decision on the ability to bring claims under the federal false advertising law, but what does it mean for the average ...
How to Use Watermarks and Metadata to Combat Online Infringement
Most photographers understand that a watermark can combat online infringement by obscuring an image, but many do not know that watermarking and copyright metadata can also improve an artist’s legal ...
Unmasking Online Infringers: The Pros and Cons of the Underutilized Section 512(h) Subpoena
Most copyright owners know that if copyrighted content is posted on the web without permission, a DMCA takedown notice can be used to get the content taken down, but what ...
Intellectual Property Protection for Software and Apps
Software is theoretically protectable under patent law, copyright law, and contract law. Choosing the best strategy to prevent unauthorized use and copying involves careful consideration of the software itself and ...
Can I Lose My Trademark Rights If I Don’t Sue Infringers?
Many people believe that trademark rights can be “abandoned” or lost if the trademark owner fails to object to infringing uses of the mark, but that is not entirely accurate. ...