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Supreme Court Decides Copyright “Registration/Application” Split by Requiring Actual Registration
The U.S. Supreme Court has now ruled that a copyright owner can only file a complaint for copyright infringement after…
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UPDATE: Supreme Court Agrees to Determine Legality of PTO’s Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees in Review of Denials of Applications
As an update of my reporting concerning the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s controversial policy of seeking to recover…
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Intellectual Property Update: As Predicted, Copyright Office Denies the “Carlton” Copyright Registration and Raises Ownership Questions
Recent developments in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Alfonso Ribeiro, known for playing Carlton on The Fresh Prince of…
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Can I Copyright My Funky Dance Moves? Ask Intellectual Property Attorney Larry Brocchini
The recent filing of a federal copyright infringement lawsuit by Alfonso Ribeiro—“Carlton” on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and YouTube…
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Intellectual Property Update: Supreme Court Agrees to Review Appellate Decision Striking Down the Federal Trademark Law’s Ban on Registration of “Immoral” or “Scandalous” Trademarks
As I reported previously, following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that the Lanham Act’s statutory bar to registration of “disparaging”…
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UPDATE: PTO Director Seeks Supreme Court Review of Federal Circuit Decision Denying PTO Recovery of Attorneys’ Fees
As an update of my report from last month on the circuit split on the issue of the recovery of…
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December 2018 New York Entertainment and Media Legal Highlights Concerning Reposting Instagram Photographs, Reselling of MP3s, and Defamation Claims Based on Movie Characters
As summarized below, in December 2018 the New York Federal courts handed down three significant opinions relevant to entertainment and…
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PTO’s Newly-Minted Money Grab: Why do I have to pay the PTO’s fees when its examiner blew it?
Trademark and patent applicants and practitioners have grown used to (and weary of) ever-increasing Patent and Trademark Office fees,…
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TODAY! RPJ Partner Mark H. Moore Leads CLE Webcast on Software Protection
Today, AltaClaro is hosting a free CLE webcast featuring RPJ Partner Mark H. Moore to discuss copyright law protections for companies’…
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RPJ Partner Mark H. Moore Published in Law360 Discussing Software Copyright
On July 18, Law360 published an article by RPJ Partner Mark H. Moore discussing how courts are analyzing copyright protection…
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