Our attorneys provide some general guidance on issues related to claiming use in U.S. trademark applications in their article entitled: “What Qualifies as Acceptable Use in U.S. Commerce?” Issues addressed include the location and timing of use,...

Dennis Prahl contributed a chapter in: “Intellectual Property Law in Cyberspace, Third Edition.” The book covers a variety of legal issues where intellectual property and the internet...

On January 18, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit reinstated the Washington Redskins’ federal trademark registrations which were originally cancelled by the Trademark Trials and Appeals Board (“TTAB”) in 2014. To learn more...

The Cleveland Indians recently announced they will stop using the Chief Wahoo logo on player uniforms and limit the use of the logo as to preserve federal trademark rights, as the logo is considered to be offensive to many Native Americans. To learn...

Throughout the world, data privacy laws are aimed at protecting information that can identify an individual and the way in which this information is defined can vary. To learn more, an article by Janet Cord entitled, “Data Privacy Laws: What...

The European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR 2016/679) is now in effect. An introduction to this regulation by Janet Cord is available in our Education...