We teach girls to shrink themselves To make themselves smaller We say to girls “You can have ambition But not too much You should aim to be successful But not too successful Otherwise you will threaten the man” – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie In honor of…
A recent decision in an opposition proceeding before the TTAB demonstrates that the leisure industry is sometimes anything but laid back. Rights holders who may be wasting away in paradise can be roused to action when their valuable trademarks are being threatened. Rachel Bevis, a…
The Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, with a ringing endorsement of Prof. McCarthy’s trademark law treatise, issued a precedential opinion last week on the issue of whether a trademark is owned by the manufacturer or its exclusive distributor when there is no written…
A recent ruling of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in the U.K. highlights the global crackdown on sponsored posts that do not make clear that they are advertising. A complaint was filed with the ASA about an Instagram post made by a popular make-up blogger…
Instagram is now home to more than 600 million users, including many popular brands, celebrities, online influencers, famous dogs, regular people and regular dogs (full disclosure this regular dog is mine). As its popularity has grown, especially with advertisers, regulators are taking a closer look…
Does a demand letter from a music rights holder that alleges “millions of instances of infringement” create a case in controversy with the recipient? You may be inclined to answer with an emphatic “of course!” But think again, or so says a recent ruling by…
A proposal for new e-Privacy legislation by the European Union may have a significant impact on businesses that wish to rely on use-generated data such as meta-data collected from users of mobile devices. Mobile applications and other software often collect users’ meta-data from phones and…
Apparently, quite a bit according to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has dipped its toe into the waters of intellectual property law again and has decided to overturn 150 years or more of common law precedent in its decision in SCA Hygiene last week. …
In February, Waymo LLC, formerly Google’s self-driving car development company, sued Uber Technologies, Inc. and others in federal court in San Francisco for, among other things, violations of the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, 18 U.S.C. § 1836 et seq., and patent infringement, and…
California class actions are frequently in the news, often prompted by stories or controversies that have cable news abuzz or involve new cutting-edge technology. On March 16, 2017, a class action lawsuit was filed in San Francisco against Ivanka Trump Marks, LLC. Modern Appealing Clothing…
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