11th Annual ABA-IPL Trademark Days with the USPTO
Title: 11th Annual ABA-IPL Trademark Days with the USPTO On September 21-22 we participated in the 11th Annual American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section “Trademark Day” held at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. This annual gathering is an opportunity to meet other trademark practitioners, it’s also an […]
Can I use a famous trademark as part of a domain name for my Fans club website?
Let’s say you are a Leo Messi fanatic, right Miami? Let’s say you want to create a website for a fans club based where enthusiastic followers or admirers of Messi get together to discuss, critique, post news, and share information about Messi. Let’s say you want to register the domain name miamimessi.com or variation thereof. […]
2023 Annual Meeting Live+ Program. INTA SINGAPORE.
I’m writing and posting this blog 32,000 feet in the air, on our flight back from Singapore. Where we attended the Annual Meeting of the International Trademark Association (INTA). INTA’s 2023 Annual Meeting Live+ was an opportunity to connect the most influential brand professionals from across the globe and industries at the largest gathering of […]
Privacy rights, terms and conditions, and phishing email alert!
Last week we had an opportunity to participate on a Conference Organized by the International Trademark Association in New York titled “The Business of Data: Innovation, Regulation, Security, and Ethics”. We help our client’s e-commerce solutions by writing their terms and conditions and privacy policies. They are surprised to learn that in the […]
Trademark Modernization Act: Expungement proceedings.
Regulations implementing the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) went into effect on December 18, 2021. Two ex parte proceedings to cancel unused registered trademarks: expungement and reexamination proceedings provide a faster, more efficient, and less expensive alternative to a contested inter partes cancellation proceeding at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB). These new […]
Can a municipality register a trademark comprised of its own flag, coat of arms or other insignia?
Section 2(b) of the Trademark Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(b), prohibits registration on either the Principal or Supplemental Register of a mark that “[c]onsists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or of any State or municipality, or of any foreign nation, or any simulation thereof.” […]
Parody defense and the case of The Wrigley Co. versus Cannabis Distributor.
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 […]
METAVERSE, WEB3, AND THE NEW FRONTIER OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY.
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 […]
Trademarks and the Metaverse.
The Metaverse; is a video game, is a virtual world, or something else? Basic definitions of the metaverse indicate that “A metaverse is a network of 3D virtual worlds focused on social connection”. The Metaverse does exist in the virtual world on platforms such as Sandbox, Decentraland, Roblox, and Fortnite. Infringement of Intellectual Property in […]
World Intellectual Property Day
Today, the world celebrates World Intellectual Property Day, a day to applaud entrepreneurs who use their energy, ingenuity, curiosity, and creativity to steer a course towards a better future. Today, we celebrate our clients, who day by day use their energy, ingenuity, curiosity, and creativity to create value for their businesses. Thank you for the […]