As I wrote about in my post last month, the USPTO issued a 30-day extension on the time to file certain trademark-related documents or...

        An update to my previous article on VIP Prods. LLC v. Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc., 953 F.3d 1170 (9th Cir....

The Supreme Court issued an interesting decision in Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc. yesterday—decided by an unusual combination of...

Last October, I blogged about a flood of “copy-and-paste” gift card litigation against retailers alleging that gift cards must be...

On April 23, 2020, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a trademark infringement plaintiff does not have to show...

The fight over the Franzia's use of RICH & BUTTERY in connection with its boxed Chardonnay continues. If you're just joining us,

This is a story about the cold-blooded murder of a rock star, the reissue of his famous guitar without permission from the friend who...

As mentioned in our recent Interactive Entertainment Alert and continuing a run of high-profile video game litigation in the United...

Stephanie SinclairToo Young To Wed documents children - some as young as 9 years old - forced into marriage in countries around the...

A federal judge in Brooklyn recently dismissed a lawsuit filed by a street artist who painted a well-known mural in Bushwick and the...

At a time when everyone seems to have an opinion about politics, the Third Circuit has confirmed that the First Amendment protects...

There are certain fundamental requirements that underlie most false advertising and deceptive business practices laws.  There needs...

After a public dispute with the White House about exporting N-95 masks, 3M is turning to trademark law to help combat impressions that it...

When is installation art copyrightable? A lawsuit against a Florida botanical garden tests whether a well-known artist’s light sculptures...

Unfortunately and predictably—which also is unfortunate—as the need for medical supplies to combat the coronavirus has increased, so have...

In my last post, I discussed in general terms the timing requirements for when a grant can be terminated (i.e., when termination can be...

First there was Led Zeppelin. A few weeks later, Katy Perry. And now Josh Groban. All music copyright cases, all from courts in the Ninth...

A Massachusetts federal court found last week that Plaintiff God’s Era’s minimal sales of its GOD’S ERA clothing in the greater Boston...

I recall shopping for my mother in my youth, and hearing her say over the phone “it’s the one in the [insert color] package”.  My...

Copyright tip of the day: If you're going to create a literary and graphic character, find a distinctive concept and stick with it....

There is nothing much better for a litigator/baseball fan than when these two interests collide.  One of the highpoints of my legal...

Los Angeles sushi restaurants may be closed for omakase, but they remain open for litigation.  Sushi Nozawa, the owner of LA sushi...

On March 31, 2020, the Ninth Circuit (the “Court”) reversed a district court ruling in favor of Jack Daniel’s Properties Inc. (“JDPI”) in...

In the 1960s and 1970s, Phyllis Schlafly formed a few not-for-profit 501(c)(4) organizations in order to further her “modern conservative...

In 2016, Christian rapper Marcus Gray (p.k.a FLAME) and his co-authors filed a lawsuit alleging that the song "Dark Horse" written by

The maker of popular boxed wine brand Franzia is on the receiving end of a pair of lawsuits from JaM Cellars Inc. alleging that Franzia's...

I am going to take time off from my overall discussion of the provisions for statutory termination under the Copyright Act of 1976 (see

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures, many intellectual property owners are grappling with efforts to...

On the same day that the International Olympic Committee announced it would postpone the Tokyo 2020 games until 2021, Puma applied to...