Introduction In the realm of television, certain characters and settings leave an indelible mark on viewers’ minds. One such iconic location is Schrute Farms, the beet farm and bed-and-breakfast owned by the eccentric Dwight Schrute in the beloved TV series...
Can you Trademark a Font? The simple answer is Yes, in certain circumstances. A font is considered a typeface design, which can be protected under trademark law if it serves as a source identifier for the specific brand or company for the products or services being...
We all have that friend – or many friends – that have done “some modeling.” Let’s say your friend did in fact sit in on a photo shoot or two for a new toe ring company modeling their tasteful toe rings. Ten years later, your friend finds out that their photos are...
So, you have received a trademark office action and need to file a response? Now what? First off determine what type of office action it is. Is the Trademark Examiner requiring you to file a disclaimer, or are they saying your mark is descriptive, or is the Examiner...
The Supreme Court has decided to take up the enablement requirement in Amgen v. Sanofi. A great deal of what we do as patent attorneys is try to make our client’s patent protection as broad as possible. We get broad protection by drafting the claims of the patent as...
Crumbl Cookie has filed a lawsuit against two growing cookie businesses Dirty Dough and Crave. Crumbl makes several claims declaring that Dirty Dough and Crave both have decor, presentation and packaging that is confusingly similar to the Crumbl Cookie brand....
Copyright of Art Piece – Who Owns it? This is a very interesting question when it comes to buying artwork, reselling artwork, or making copies of that artwork. When an artist create an original work such as an art piece copyright automatically attaches itself to that...
What is an Intellectual Property When asked what I do for a living I say that I am an Intellectual Property Attorney and then the blank stares start to come. The next question I have to usually answer is what is an Intellectual Property Attorney? Then comes the long...
So, what exactly is a DBA? DBA is an acronym for Doing Business as. Your business may want to take on a trade or fictitious name that is not the legal name of your business. Another name for a DBA is a trade name. Each state allows you to register your trade name...
Copyright and Death….What Happens to the copyright when the copyright owner dies? A copyright does not become public domain once the author dies. The term of the copyright depends on whether the copyright was published and the date of first publication. For works...
