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Backlog at the Copyright office grows to two (2) years
According to Anthony Verna, who blogs at Trademark, Copyright, and Entertainment Law Forum, the Copyright office now reports that its backlog for registration of copyrights is now as long as two years.
Given that copyright registration is a prerequisite to pursuing a copyright infringement lawsuit, it is very important that copyrights be registered as early as possible.
There are also some important advantages to filing copyright registrations early:
Gordon P. Firemark
- Monday, March 8, 2010
Register your copyrights. Now.
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- Monday, March 8, 2010
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Trademark Protection and Facebook User Names
Trademark protection just got a slightly more complicated, but in a good way. Starting now, there’s a new step that trademark holders or their attorneys should take to protect their trademarks or service marks. You probably already know that registering domain names corresponding to your marks gives you important practical protection. But the new Facebook scheme has something built in that the other sites apparently don’t: a mechanism for trademark protection. Now Facebook has entered the equation. Starting this Friday, June 12, users will be able to register a Facebook
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- Wednesday, June 10, 2009
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Judge blocks Sublime bandmembers from using name
The preliminary injunction was issued today in a trademark lawsuit brought by the estate of the 90’s ska-punk...
...Tags: Tags: Trademar By Matthew Belloni A Los Angeles judge has shut down an effort by former bandmembers of Sublime to perform under the name.
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Mickey Mouse sues Donald Duck. Yes, really
Tags: Trademar By Eriq Gardner If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it still may not be a duck. That's the only conclusion we can draw from seeing that Mickey Mouse has filed a...
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Octomom Trademark Dispute: Texas Trademark Attorney Tamera Bennett Interviewed
Texas trademark attorney Tamera Bennett was interviewed yesterday by LAW360 , an online legal newswire, to voice her opinions regarding the potential trademark dispute over trademark applications for the term “Octomom.” Stage Set For Tussle Over ‘Octomom’ Trademark
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- Friday, April 17, 2009
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IPAD Trademark Applications Pending for Apple and Fujitsu?
With the launch of the iPad today, is a trademark dispute brewing between Apple, Inc. Trademark Serial No. Apple, to try and keep new products on the down low, used third-party companies to file IPAD trademark applications in Canada, Europe, and Hong Kong.
is not the applicant for the IPAD trademark and cannot at this time base an opposition on the IPAD and Fujitsu?
The mark IPAD (U.S.
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- Wednesday, January 27, 2010
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Why hasn't Fox sued makers of Duff Beer?
Tags: Television Trademar By Eriq Gardner If boxing announcer Michael Buffer can sue a Texas radio station for infringing his catch-phrase, "Let's get ready to rumble," surely 20th Century Fox can go after a Mexican individual who has come out with a new...
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“Octomom” Not First To File Trademark Application
The Smoking Gun website reports today that Nadya Suleman the woman who gave birth in January to eight babies filed two intent to use trademark applications for OCTOMOM on April 10, 2009.
On March 10, a business based in Austin, Texas filed an intent to use trademark application for OCTOMOM in international classes 09(computer games); 028(toys); and 041(entertainment services) .
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- Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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Protecting Twitter with T(w)ademark
The news has been a twitter about Twitter®, the social networking site, filing a trademark application f or the word TWEET , and the current status of the application being suspended pending the outcome of prior filed third-party trademark applications that contain the term “tweet.” Take a look at the trademark below for TWEETPHOTO. by Tamera Bennett
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- Monday, August 24, 2009
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Bud Battle Continues in Czech Court
have posted here , here and here regarding the ongoing trademark battle between Czech state-owned brewery Budejovicky Budvar and U.S The national trademark laws of Austria only extends protection to cover the product of “beer.” Tags: Blogroll Branding Trademark trademark litigation trademark registratio by Tamera H. Bennett
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- Thursday, September 10, 2009
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Disney settles Pixar 'Luxo, Jr.' lamp case
Tags: Dealmaking Litigation Trademar By Eriq Gardner Anybody who's ever seen an animated film by Disney's Pixar should be familiar with the iconic squeaky desk lamp character featured in the opening credits. The character was created by Pixar chief creative officer John Lasseter more...
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