Augusto Perera

Trademark infringement is the unauthorized use of a trademark or service mark on or in connection with goods and/or services in a manner that is likely to cause confusion, deception, or mistake about the source of the goods and/or services. Common defenses to trademark infringement: fair use, nominative fair use, laches, unclean hands and trademark misuse, fraud in obtaining the …

Parody defense and the case of The Wrigley Co. versus Cannabis Distributor. Read More »

Copyright protection exist in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. Works of authorship include the following categories (between others) pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works …

Mickey Mouse copyright is expiring! Read More »

Recently we had an opportunity of participating on the Seminar “METAVERSE, THE NEW FRONTIER OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MYTH OR REALITY? Organized by the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property in Costa Rica. During 3 intensive days of conferences, by experts in the filed, we learned about the challenges intellectual property owners are facing in this new …

METAVERSE, WEB3, AND THE NEW FRONTIER OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. Read More »