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In today’s global economy, businesses must be attuned not only to their trademark protections and rights in the United States, but also to protecting their trademarks in foreign countries. Through the Paris Convention and the Madrid Protocol, there are international processes of seeking and receiving international trademark protection. This blog discusses those methods and when and why each may be…
Amid tariff disputes, political gridlock, and a government shutdown, the promise and optimism of the technology that will be on display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week in Las Vegas is a welcome relief. Here’s a preview of CES 2019 and the most interesting technologies, conferences, and speakers on the schedule. 5G. The biggest buzz is likely to…
This is the third installment of a three-part blog post series about governments fighting with commercial entities over trademarks. At the beginning of 2017, all three were embroiled in litigation in one or more of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), the federal courts, or a state court. As 2017 ends, only one of the legal fights is over.…
Update: Issues in P&G Proxy Contest Not Resolved The proxy contest between Procter & Gamble and Nelson Peltz is not over, either literally or on Wall Street. The shareholder vote two weeks ago is so close that the outcome remains uncertain. P&G management declared victory after the vote based on its own “preliminary estimates” of the voting results. Not so…
A version of this blog post was published as a column in The Daily Record. Businesses are often the unintended victims of scams, including advanced fee scams and fake domain name scams, many of which involve the misappropriation or “spoofing” of a legitimate business’s identity and reputation to entice victims. Business reputations and goodwill can be irreparably harmed as a…
What do Baltimore City, the National Park Service, and the State of Michigan have in common in 2017? Each began the year fighting with commercial entities in federal court and in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) over trademarks, registered or to be registered. In Baltimore, the fight goes on. LIGHT CITY Baltimore On March 31, 2017, Baltimore City…
This blog is a collection of three articles written by Frank that were first published on January 6, 9, and 12, 2017, by The Daily Record in Baltimore, Maryland. CES 2017 – The 50th Anniversary Year CES is 50 years old! It’s come a long way since the first show in 1967 in New York City. Then, 17,000 attendees came…
This is the first installment of a three-part blog about governments embroiled in trademark litigation. What do the National Park Service, the State of Michigan, and Baltimore City have in common as 2017 begins? Each is fighting with commercial entities in federal court and in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) over trademarks, registered or to be registered. Two…
The owner of the Washington Redskins moved quickly to insert itself into any Supreme Court consideration of the constitutionality of the Patent and Trademark Office authority to cancel a registered trademark because it disparages persons. This step was taken because another trademark case involving disparagement recently landed on the Supreme Court’s door step, while the case involving the Redskins trademark…
The distressed and disjointed state of U.S. copyright law is highlighted by three copyright events this month. First, on April 15, UB Law Professor William Hubbard hosted a top quality symposium on “Copyright Realignment” at which several panelists stated that infringement remedies are so limited and so costly that many owners do not challenge infringement. Other panelists called for overhaul…