E-Recordation: Protecting Your Intellectual Property at the Border

Carolyn Wimbly Martin and Katherine Howard-Fudge

Counterfeit goods enter the United States each year in mass, posing health risks and undermining brand value. Recording your products with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can offer valuable protection if they are vulnerable to foreign counterfeiting. CBP cannot seize or destroy counterfeit goods at the border without a registered trademark and recordation. Recordation […]

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The De Minimis Doctrine: When Is Copying Too Trivial?

Carolyn Wimbly Martin and Katherine Howard-Fudge

Although infrequently discussed in the case law, the de minimis doctrine is an important aspect of copyright law that protects creators from claims of infringement for uses of the works of another that would otherwise be considered substantially similar. The doctrine, which allows instances of trivial copying which would otherwise be infringement, comes from the legal […]

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