Michael Chisena applied to register the trademarks “All Rise,” “Here Comes The Judge” and a design mark depicting the scales of justice over a baseball field for clothing in International Class (IC) 25. The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) refused registration based on likelihood of confusion, false suggestion of a connection and use of a particular living individua [ ... ]
Keeping your data private has become a herculean task. For example, personal information is routinely targeted during the job search process. Most job applications require the disclosure of sensitive personal data, exposing applicants to privacy risks, including identity theft, unauthorized access to data and the misuse of information such as Social Security numbers, bank account [ ... ]
January 1 is not only New Year’s Day, but also Public Domain Day, the day each year on which works with expiring copyrights enter the public domain for all to use and replicate. Copyright protection exists for a limited time to balance the goals of protecting the artist’s hard work on the one hand and, on the other, ensuring that the public can benefit from and build on that work [ ... ]
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Age-based content restrictions are not novel. Courts have held that restrictions imposed to protect minors can be constitutional, as states have the power to shield children from inappropriate material. One well-known example is the Motion Picture Association’s movie ratings based on the age of viewers (i.e., Rated R or PG-13). The modern age allowance dilemma is how to address th [ ... ]
Joe’s Crab restaurants are all across the United States; some are casual seaside shacks and others are high-end establishments. But how can so many restaurants share the same or similar name? Under U.S. trademark law, if there is no federal registration, the rights to a mark are local and depend on who first used the mark in good faith. That means that multiple restaurants with th [ ... ]
In 2023, “Heart on My Sleeve,” a song with Drake and The Weeknd’s voices, began racking up views on Spotify. The problem was that neither Drake nor The Weeknd released or performed the song. It was artificially generated based on hours of their music.
An industry turned on its headWhile the music world has been familiar with AI for some time, generative AI’s ab [ ... ]