The Chatter We Make

Patent agents are a highly regarded commodity for a law firm but their narrow authorization to represent others raises unique privilege issues.

With COVID-19 driving the growth of remote workforces, companies and remote workers need to take reasonable measures to protect their trade secrets. Find out how.

Have you ever seen a Labor Day sale at Tiffany & Co.? They don’t send coupon codes to my email, that’s for sure. So, imagine the surprise when they started selling their rings at Costco. 

Recovering a trademark owner’s lost profits due to infringement has always been difficult.

When you file a trademark application, you can expect to be contacted, via regular U.S. mail, by scammers. Trademark owners often receive letters in the mail from companies with very similar names as the U.S. Trademark Office, for example, the United States Trademark Company. But with the new change in the filing law, made in February 2020, will this cease to happen?

A historic rule change by the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) will create a brand-new playing field for student-athletes by giving them control over the profits they generate.  

Celebrity trademark registration is big business. Just ask the Kardashian family, who between them own nearly 700 marks for everything from children’s clothing, to cosmetics, to jewelry.

Big names in the sports world have recently come under scrutiny for their trademark applications. In all these cases, the applications have been rejected.