By Daniel H. Bliss
Suppose you want to register a trademark that identifies a source of goods/services for your business. What if the trademark describes an ingredient, quality, feature, function, characteristic, or purpose of your goods/services? Can your trademark be
By Marie Lussier of Fogler Rubinoff LLP
In July 2024, I discussed proposed changes to trademark proceedings in Canada. Following a public consultation period, revised Regulations came into force on April 1, 2024 that incorporate those proposed changes. The changes
By Gregory J. Krabacher, Epstein Becker Green
Recently, the U.S. Copyright Office published the second of an intended three-part report entitled “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence.” Here are those three parts:
By Daniel H. Bliss
Suppose that you have obtained a U.S. trademark registration for your trademark on goods or services for your business. Can your trademark registration be cancelled with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office based on genericness? If
Written by: Aaron Fishman, Andrew Jenkins, Sean Mellino
Intellectual property (IP) is often misunderstood, leading to costly mistakes for businesses and individuals alike. Many assume that once they create something, they automatically own the rights everywhere, or that
Authors: Samantha Rothaus, Howard Weingrad and Jordan Thompson
The power and application of AI is growing exponentially. As is often the case with the introduction of revolutionary technologies, legislation at both the federal and state level has been slow to
By Elena Nikolarea, Associate at A. & K. METAXOPOULOS AND PARTNERS LAW FIRM
It has become quite common for advertisers of different kinds of products or services, both in Greece and abroad, to intend to use photos and/or videos of
By Jessica Bell, Lawyer – Kalus Kenny Intelex, Melbourne, Australia
Pop star Katy Perry has successfully appealed a Federal Court ruling over the use of an Australian designer’s trade mark registration for the words KATIE PERRY. The recent decision by
By Marie Lussier
In January 2025, the Registrar of Trademarks launched a pilot project in which it sends notices to certain registrants asking them to show use of their registered mark, failing which their registration is to be cancelled.
These
By Daniel H. Bliss
Suppose you have uncovered a copyrighted work from another that contains copyright management information such as a copyright notice. However, you want to remove or alter this copyright management information. Should you remove or alter any
