January 8, 2013
American Home Realty Network (“AHRN”), based in California, operates a website that displays photos of residential home for sale and that facilitates real estate agent referrals […]
December 31, 2012
Protecting restaurant name, decor and floor plan requires distinctive, unique, and creative elements
Miller’s Ale House, Inc. (“Miller”) sued Boynton Carolina Ale House, Inc. (“Boynton”) alleging Boynton infringed Miller’s common law “Ale House” trademark, trade dress in its restaurant […]
December 31, 2012
Kernal Records Oy sued Timothy Z. Mosley and others claiming copyright infringement. The defendants filed a motion for summary judgment to have the claims dismissed and […]
December 19, 2012
The Ninth Circuit applied the State of Washington’s long-arm statute, written to extend personal jurisdiction over a defendant to the fullest extent permitted by the Due […]
December 9, 2012
In the United States, the general rule is that the person or persons who author an original work own the copyright in that work. There are […]
August 21, 2012
Registering your copyrights in the United States Copyright Office gives you these benefits:
August 20, 2012
Virtually every business either creates or uses works that are protected by copyright laws. The manner in which your company creates or hires others to create […]
August 20, 2012
In the United States copyrights are granted to protect an author’s original writings. Today, “writings” are not merely books but any form of original expression. This […]
August 20, 2012
In the United States, a copyright owner generally has what is often referred to as a bundle of rights that include the exclusive rights to: Subject […]
