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...

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...

The USPTO implemented a program in March 2017 to audit trademark maintenance and renewal filings for the purpose of ensuring that trademark registrations were not being maintained in connection with goods and services for which the marks are no...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) remains operational despite the federal government shut down, however this status could change if the shutdown continues for longer than a few...

Proprietors of websites that host user generated content and online search engines and directories have long benefitted from the safe harbors available to them under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). These safe harbors immunize them from...

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in In re Tam that a refusal to register disparaging trademarks is an unconstitutional violation of freedom of speech reported on June 19, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held on December 15,...