6/27/2019 12:00:00 AM False Advertising Litigation Alert: Using a Competing Product to Advertise Your Own May Not Be False Advertising By Craig Whitney Conventional wisdom would likely conclude that using an image of a competing product to advertise your own runs afoul of false...
6/25/2019 12:00:00 AM Have We Learned Anything from Pepe the Frog About Copyright Law? By Craig Whitney Is a work that's otherwise protected by copyright suddenly fair game once it's been "meme-ified"? That was the question involving "Pepe...
6/24/2019 4:43:22 PM Supreme Court: FUCT & Other "Scandalous" Words May be Registered By Rachel Santori Today, the Supreme Court ruled that FUCT and other profane, “scandalous” or “immoral” words may be registered as trademarks. Since 2011,...
6/17/2019 4:16:17 PM Cellphone Cases or Capsules By Karen Hsieh Is the term CAPSULE descriptive of cellphone cases? Based on a recent decision in Uncommon, LLC v. Spigen, Inc., the Seventh Circuit...
6/9/2019 12:00:00 AM The U.S. Entertainment Industry Should Know About the Astounding Contractual Protections the EU Just Guaranteed for Authors and Performers By Jeremy Goldman I can’t be the only U.S. lawyer who tends to tune out when hearing about legal developments in Europe. But I recently zoomed in on a set...
6/6/2019 6:59:25 PM Fourth Estate Interpreted: A Plaintiff Cannot Amend a Complaint to Add Newly Obtained Copyright Registrations By Edward H. Rosenthal In its very recent decision in Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, the Supreme Court held that an action for copyright...