by Francine | Jul 12, 2016 | Intellectual Property, intellectual property copyright, Intellectual Property Information, Intellectual Property Protection, Legal Blog
Knock Off Products. The United States and China are big trading partners, but underneath it all there is a simmering tension between the two nations, especially when it comes to intellectual property. China has been accused, quite often, of not respecting IP and of...
by Francine Ward | Dec 18, 2015 | Copyright Information, Copyright infringement, Copyright Infringment, Copyright law, Copyright Lawyer, Copyright notice, Copyright protection, Fair Use, Francine D. Ward, intellectual property copyright, Intellectual Property Information, Intellectual Property Protection, Internet law, Legal Blog, Legal Information, Take-down
Fair Use. Take-down. Copyright. Is it Fair Use? Section 512(c)(3)(A)(v) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires that copyright holders consider, whether content that is perceived as potentially infringing is fair use before they issue a take-down notice. A...
by Francine Ward | Nov 5, 2014 | Intellectual Property, intellectual property copyright, Intellectual Property Information, Legal Blog, Trademark, Trademark application, Trademark Law, Trademark owner, trademark protection, Trademark registration, Trademarks
Trademark Registration. USPTO. Trademark. Just off the press! The United States Patent &Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced that the USPTO will start sending email reminders to trademark registrants who have “live” registrations, as of January 2015. There are...
by Francine Ward | Aug 27, 2014 | Intellectual Property, intellectual property copyright, Intellectual Property Information, Intellectual Property Protection, Legal Blog, Legal Information, Trademark, Trademark application, Trademark Copyright Attorney, Trademark Law, Trademark owner, trademark protection, Trademark registration, Trademark Search, Trademarks
Trademark. Trademark Registration. Have you recently filed a trademark registration on your own? Or have you filed a trademark through a non-lawyer website like Legal Zoom? If so, you should know that there are important trademark deadlines you must adhere to, or you...
by Francine Ward | Aug 18, 2014 | Adam Carolla, Intellectual Property, intellectual property copyright, Intellectual Property Information, Intellectual Property Protection, Legal Blog, Legal Information, Patent Infringment, Patents, Podcasting, Podcasts
Podcasting. Patent Infringement. Podcasts. Once there was only radio. Then came television. Now there is podcasting. For years, these two outlets were the only technology available to the public from which people could tune into audio and video feeds, e.g. music...
by Francine Ward | Jul 10, 2014 | Intellectual Property, intellectual property copyright, Intellectual Property Information, Intellectual Property Protection, Legal Blog, Registered Trademark, Trademark, Trademark application, Trademark Copyright Attorney, Trademark Law, Trademark owner, trademark protection, Trademark registration, Trademarks
Trademark. Registered Trademark. Today, I looked at 10 different websites, paying special attention to how they handled their trademark. I was surprised to see that all but two did not correctly show their trademark. And, I was even more surprised, when I did a...
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