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IP Notebook: Cox's Reach, 'Top Gun' Appeal, 'Lazy' Videos
This round of Law360's review of emerging copyright and trademark issues looks at the ripple effects from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on secondary copyright liability and highl...
Trademark Protection for Farms, Food Businesses, and Agricultural Brands
Trademark Protection for Farms, Food Businesses, and Agricultural Brands should be considered before a business invests heavily in packaging, signs, websites, merchandise, or adver...
Trademark Fight Erupts Over 'The Star' in Washington Media Market
Buying/Selling Intellectual Property
An increasingly valuable asset for many businesses is its intellectual property. Intellectual property can include trade secrets, patents, trademarks, copyrights, codes, formulas,...
Trademark Law As A Tool To Bolster NIL Rights Against AI
The meteoric rise of artificial intelligence-generated deepfakes is prompting high-profile celebrities to protect their name, image and likeness rights using federal trademark law...
The importance of genuine use of a registered trademark to preserve its value
Registering a trademark is one of the most important steps in protecting the identity of a business, product, or service against third parties. However, obtaining a trademark regis...
Cox, Hikma Rulings Set Stage For Trademark Liability Fights
After the U.S. Supreme Court narrowed paths to secondary liability in copyright and patent cases this term, trademark law stands apart with an older, potentially broader rule for w...
Trademark, Copyright, or Patent? Mapping the FinTech Intellectual Property Framework (Nanne Parmar)
Every founder eventually faces a critical legal roadblock: choosing between a Trademark, Copyright,...
Trademark registration with or without a logo? Is protection stronger in the European Union vs Spain?
Registering a trademark is not merely an administrative formality: it is a strategic decision that shapes the legal protection of your business in the medium and long term. One of...
Copyright Drama Over Saddle Blankets
At the Copyright Claims Board, a battle over saddle blankets is raising copyright questions and serious concerns over one lawyer's responses. Source
Why Your Social Media Handle Isn’t a Trademark Registration and How to Fix It
You’ve spent years building an audience under your handle, but here’s the thing nobody tells you: that handle is not a trademark. It’s a license from the platform. And if someone e...
A Lapsed Trademark Registration Doesn’t Always Mean the Brand is Up for Grabs
Can You Trademark a Logo Made with AI? What Business Owners Need to Know
Different AI design tools have wildly different rules about trademark registration. Canva explicitly prohibits it. Midjourney has a revenue threshold. Adobe Firefly offers IP indem...
3 Count: World Cup Access
Lawyers for January 6 defendants to face copyright allegations; Mexico's President plays down World Cup piracy; Red Sox broadcaster pulls political ad. Source
Translation of China’s 2026 Amended Trademark Law
Note: This translation will be replaced or updated once the National People’s Congress or the China National Intellectual Property Administration releases a translation. On June 26...
Be Prepared to Navigate the Law of Website Images
Stock photos. Blog thumbnails. Social media posts. Hero images. The image that makes a website look finished is often the same image that triggers a copyright demand letter. The fa...
Funked Out: Sixth Circuit Finds Copyright Ownership Claim Accrues Upon Plain and Express Repudiation
China’s Trademark Law Overhauled: Key Changes Taking Effect January 1, 2027
3 Count: Breaking News
CNN sues Perplexity, UMG and Sony seek to add 61k tracks to Suno case, and photographer sues copyright office over denied registration. Source
China’s National Copyright Administration Releases Draft Amendments to Copyright Law Implementing Regulations
'Anderson Method' Ruling Shows Copyright Limits In Fitness
The Ninth Circuit's ruling in Tracy Anderson Mind and Body v. Megan Roup, finding that sequences of exercises developed and recorded by Tracy Anderson were not copyrightable choreo...
The Biggest TM Rulings Of 2026: A Midyear Report
The Seventh Circuit placed limits on trademark plaintiffs in cases against foreign online sellers accused of counterfeiting, and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board issued precede...
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