A Sad Day for Happy-Talk
In a highly anticipated ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States recently held that the disparagement clause of federal trademark law violates t...
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DecodingIP™ podcast covers intellectual property IP and technology topics, including patent, trademark, and copyright issues, and fun tech and pop culture IP issues making headlines. We don’t deliver canned, boring summaries of lawsuits or use confusing legalese. Instead, we explain what the intellectual property issues that are grabbing headlines mean for you and your business, in plain English.
RealDonaldTrump, Don’t Block Your Twitter Followers
Sometimes a President can’t always do what he wants. But tell that to the owner of the Twitter handle @RealDonaldTrump, who happens to also be the cur...
Social Media Influencers Get Fyre’d
The ill-fated Fyre Festival drew delighted mockery from Internet denizens earlier this month and continues to draw lawsuits against the organizers. So...
Who’s First in Trademark
In the United States, trademark rights generally go to the first to use a mark in commerce as opposed to the first to file a mark with the trademark o...
Compulsory Licenses In The Digital Age
Are Internet streaming services cable systems under Section 111 of the Copyright Act and therefore entitled to retransmit broadcast television under t...
Copyright and the Meaning of Art
The “Fearless Girl” statue sparked headlines around the world in March when it appeared opposite the famous “Charging Bull” statue at Manhattan’s Bowl...
Social Media & Copyright: Know Your Rights
Every couple of years, we see social media users publishing long posts containing broad declarations of copyright with lots of legalese. We want to sh...
Is That Hashtag A #Trademark?
Hastags – a pound sign followed by a word or series of words with no space between – are ubiquitous on social media. People use them to spark and cont...
Little Pet Shop, Big Right of Publicity Problem
When Hasbro introduced a hamster named “Harris Faulkner” to its “Littlest Pet Shop” line of animal character toys, it drew a multi-million dollar laws...
The Billion Dollar Copyright
The use of photographs and other digital images on the web can be a tricky business. Copyright owners are increasingly taking steps to police their im...