Amazon Brand Registry – What it is and How to Enroll
Brand Protection Among the various brand protection services offered by Amazon, such as Transparency, an item-level tracing service to help protect against counterfeits, is Am Read more....
Web Scraping: Pitfalls and Proactive Best Practices
If your business relies on insights from reviews, comments or other aggregated data, chances are that you are tempted to engage in a little (or a lot of) web scraping. Web scra Read more....
5 Ways to Protect Your Cannabis Brand
As a cannabis business owner you have probably invested quite a bit in your brand and creating a market for your product. The last thing you want is for someone else to tell yo Read more....
Who wore it better? The grey area of copyright in the world of fashion design and imitations.
Trends in fashion tend to spread like wildfire amongst both retailers and consumers. Clothing companies endeavor to keep up with current styles and popular trends to market to Read more....
Blurred Lines: “Dumb Starbucks” Reopens the Fair Use vs. Trademark Infringement Debate
Dumb Starbucks, the Los Feliz, CA, pseudo-coffee shop with the look and feel of the ubiquitous Seattle-based Starbucks Corporation has reopened discussion as to what constitute Read more....
Super Game, Big Bowl: The No Fun League’s Aggressive Stance on IP Protection
If you haven’t shelled out at least $1 million in a sponsorship deal with the NFL, what will you call what you watch on Sunday? The NFL owns at least eight trademarks (includ Read more....
Doissant, Cronut, and Doughssant – Your Guide to the Trademark Likelihood of Confusion Standard
By Megan Wargacki: Doissant. Cronut. Doughssant. These are variations on a croissant-donut hybrid. The Cronut is sold in New York, the Doughssant is sold in Ohio, and the Doiss Read more....
Planning for Best Practices in Merchandising, Amazon Averts Trademark Infringement
Could Coca-Cola sue a diner for offering Pepsi to customers who requested Coke? Clearly not, according to a California federal court that didn’t find any problem with Ama Read more....
What’s In a Name? Tips for a Protectable Trademark
Before becoming dead set on adopting a particular word trademark, make sure it is worthy of protection first. Doing your homework can both inspire during the naming process and Read more....