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PTO Scam Alert to Trademark Owners

by Michael Oliver | May 1, 2013 | Intellectual Property, LegalEase, Uncategorized

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) is warning business owners and individuals who own federal trademark registrations to be wary of unsolicited mail and emails that look official but are really are the work of scam artists.  Here’s how the scam...

Trademark Law: “HarBowl” story offers a lesson on business law

by Michael Oliver | May 1, 2013 | Intellectual Property, LegalEase, Trademarks, Uncategorized

Low barriers to entry in certain businesses breed rapid response and quick-to-market products that capitalize on “in the moment” mania.  Often the in-the-moment-mania products derive from long standing famous trademarks owned by aggressive trademark...

Avoiding a Fair Use Fiasco

by Michael Oliver | May 1, 2013 | Business Law, Intellectual Property, Internet, Technology and Privacy Law, LegalEase, Uncategorized

FAIR USE FIASCO – BE CAREFUL USING *ANY* IMAGE ONLINE by Mike Oliver The internet is littered with millions of images – taken by professional and amateur photographers alike, that contain NO identification of the author of the image. In part, this may be because it is...

Copyright Law: Size Matters for TVs on Super Bowl Sunday

by Michael Oliver | May 1, 2013 | LegalEase, Uncategorized

A familiar question dependably re-emerges at about this time each year. It essentially asks “can I get in copyright trouble for having a Super Bowl party with a big screen TV?” This post gives you some ground rules in order to spare everyone from the possibility of...

FTC Privacy Report

by Michael Oliver | May 1, 2013 | Intellectual Property, LegalEase, Privacy, Uncategorized

In April 2012, the Federal Trade Commission issued its report entitled “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change.”  You can read that here. The Report, while a comprehensive review of hundreds of undoubtedly conflicting filings by the...

Technical Trademark Dilution Bill is signed by the president

by Michael Oliver | May 1, 2013 | Intellectual Property, LegalEase, Trademarks, Uncategorized

Section 1125(c)(1) of Title 15 (link here) provides as follows: “Subject to the principles of equity, the owner of a famous mark that is distinctive, inherently or through acquired distinctiveness, shall be entitled to an injunction against another person who,...
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