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Palantir Cybermesh - some info about it
Palantir Cybermesh - some info about itby Susan Basko, esq.see also: Palantir FoundryIf you woke up this morning hoping to learn more about an obscure data-sharing software suite sold by Palantir...
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Trademark Office hammers down on fake uses!
Gas station and general store shack in the Wild West Trademark Office hammers down on fake uses!by Susan Basko, esq.see also:Legal checklist for Apps, Websites, SaaSThe U.S. Trademark Office has just...
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Letter to 8Chan from Homeland Security
Letter to 8Chan from Homeland Securityby Susan Basko, esq.see also: FBI Warrant against 8ChanThe letter below was sent to Jim Watkins, the owner of the message board 8Chan, from Bennie G. Thompson,...
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How to be an Online Crackpot
How to Be an Online Crackpot by Susan Basko, esq.See also: How to Be an Online Crackpot, Advanced Techniques If your goal is to be an online crackpot, here are 5 Easy Methods to achieve that goal:1....
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How to Be an Online Crackpot, Advanced Techniques
How to Be an Online Crackpot, Advanced Techniquesby Susan Basko, esqSee also: How to Be an Online Crackpot, for basic techniquesYou wish to be an online crackpot. This is a noble goal. Hopefully, you...
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Up Down Periscope! Twitter's New Logo Not Creative Enough for Copyright
Up Down Periscope! Twitter's New Logo Not Creative Enough for Copyrightby Susan Basko, esqBack on September 9, 2016, Twitter applied for a trademark registration on the logo shown above, for use on...
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Trademarks for Cannabis, Hemp, and CBD Products
Hemp Forest. Photo by Barbetorte. CC license.Trademarks for Cannabis, Hemp, and CBD Productsby Susan Basko, esq.Trademarks for cannabis and hemp products are extremely limited. I have seen quite a...
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Trademarks for Creative People
Trademarks for Creative Peopleby Susan Basko, esq.A trademark is a mark that signifies a good or a service that is in commerce. Most trademarks are a word or a short set of words. Some trademarks are...
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Inventors: Beware of Scams!
Inventors: Beware of Scams!by Susan Basko, esq.If you have invented something, you might want to get it patented. The patent process is difficult and expensive. And -- it is made more difficult by...
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Response to Kanye West's Challenge to the Music Industry
Response to Kanye West's Challenge to the Music Industryby Susan Basko, esq.Kanye West recently tweeted out copies of the recording contracts he signed. Like most artists that sign with major record...
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Wixen v Triller: Music Apps Need to License the Songs
Wixen v Triller: Music Apps Need to License the Songsby Susan Basko, esq.Wixen Music Publishing has filed a lawsuit against the Triller app claiming the songs Wixen controls have been infringed by...
View ArticleAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Brat Pack
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Brat Packby Susan Basko, esq.You've probably seen the marvelous video above, which features now U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez back when she was a...
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Trademark
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Trademarkby Susan Basko, esq. I answered this question on Quora: Is Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’s character copyrighted?Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a song, a...
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Marijuana and Trademark
Marijuana and Trademarkby Susan Basko, esq.The U.S. Trademark Office will not register trademarks on any marijuana-related goods or services. Period. What the Trademark Office will do is jack...
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Justice and Justin Bieber
Justice and Justin Bieberby Susan Basko, esq.Justin Bieber has been sent a Cease and Desist by the French electronic music duo called Justice. Justice registered the trademark on the left, in the...
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Trademark Scams Aplenty
Trademark Scams Aplentyby Susan Basko, esq.Trademark scams are harming the work of the U.S. Trademark Office, as well as harming legitimate Trademark lawyers, and duping and defrauding trademark...
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Good News from the Trademark Office
Good News from the Trademark Officeby Susan Basko, esq.Today, the U.S.Trademark Office sent out the good news below that one of the scammers who has bilked thousands of trademark applicants and holders...
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Drones: Basic Federal Law
Image by Free-Photos from PixabayDrones: Basic Federal LawBy Susan Basko, esq.Drones equipped with cameras or other sensors are really popular now as a...
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Trademarks and Your Side Hustle - 10 Quick Ideas
Trademarks and Your Side Hustle10 Quick Ideasby Susan Basko, esq.You may be planning a small business for your retirement or as a side hustle now. Trademarks are a backbone of a solid small business....
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R Kelly Studio Fiasco/ code violations
R Kelly Studio space, 2nd floor, photo from 2015, before Kelly rented there.R. Kelly Studio Fiasco/ code violationsby Susan Basko, esq.R. Kelly has lots of legal troubles lately, including that he is...
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Intellectual Property Basics in 5 Minutes
Intellectual Property Basics in 5 Minutesby Susan Basko, esq.see also: Trademark Office hammers down on fake uses!Intellectual property is the name for the creations of the mind that are owned by a...
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FBI Warrant against 8Chan
FBI Warrant Against 8Chanby Susan Basko, esq.see also:Letter to 8Chan from Homeland SecurityThe FBI was granted a search warrant against 8Chan, a right wing troll message board. John T. Earnest is a...
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The Wrap - trademark info
The Wrap - Trademark infoby Susan Basko, esq.You may have seen this on Twitter - a scary restraining device purchased by ICE to use to capture people for deportation.Note: All materials in this post...
View ArticleYou have rights if ICE is at your door
You have rights if ICE is at your doorby Susan Basko, esqfor more information, you can visit:https://www.aclu.org/issues/immigrants-rights/ice-and-border-patrol-abuses/we-have-rights
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Palantir Foundry - some info about it
Palantir Foundry - some info about itby Susan Basko, esq.see also: Palantir CybermeshThere's some brouhaha about this company, Palantir Technologies, Inc., and how their products are possibly used....
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