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Amicus Brief filed by Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
a relief sculpture of "hell," which appears to have all broken loose in the court battle between Jason Lee Van Dyke and Thomas RetzlaffAmicus Brief from Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press in...
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Five Persistent Myths About Copyright
Five Persistent Myths About Copyrightby Susan Basko, esq.see also: Important Copyright Case before the US Supreme CourtThere is a set of 5 myths about copyright that persist and seem to be spreading...
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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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Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, Jason Lee Van Dyke, and Milo What's-his-Name
Proud Boys Trademark SpecimenProud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, Jason Lee Van Dyke, and Milo What's-his-Nameby Susan Basko, esq.As explained here back in April 2018, Texas lawyer Jason Lee Van Dyke...
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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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Your email subscription won't work anymore.Sorry folks, Feedburner is turning off its Subscribe by Email feature. This little blog somehow accumulated over a thousand subscribers. Sorry, you won't...
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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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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...
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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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Facebook's New Name?
Facebook's New Name?by Susan Basko, esq.Facebook is renaming itself and is set to announce the new name this week. I assume Facebook, Inc would have enough collective sense to apply for a trademark...
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Facebook: FB.GG?
Facebook: FB.GG?by Susan Basko, esqsee the related post,Facebook's New Name? Facebook also has a pending trademark application for FB.GG. This has already passed the conflicts test, but has not yet...
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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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