Sentences with phrase «knew trademark law»

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The next day that firm filed two lawsuits against Diageo, one in federal court, raising a suite of traditional trademark and unfair business practices claims, but the other in New York State Supreme Court, seeking a permanent injunction under a seldom - used statute available only to charitable organizations, known as Section 135 of the New York General Business Law.

Naming firms have elaborate systems for creating new names and they know their way around the trademark laws.

Disposition: Applebee's esteemed outside law firm: Stinson, Morrison, Hecker, LLP wrote on July 28, 2010: «As you may know, Applebee's is the owner of many registered trademarks on its own... Accordingly, it is very eager to ensure that its activities do not infringe any third party's valid trademark rights... -LCB- Applebee's -RCB- intends to take no action on your cease and desist / settlement demand.»

This says nothing about what the law says, however at using them in this way is a probable trademark infringement, and definite copyright infringement, and the licence says no, then I would say NO as welno, then I would say NO as welNO as well.

It is no longer surprising to see the trademarks of such well known brands as iPads and Air Jordans hijacked in China, and multinational companies know to call on global law firms for advice on how to reclaim their stolen brands, or better yet, avoid falling prey to China's professional squatters in the first place.

Add in an attorney whose trademark search engine bests the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office system while his prices stay low, a general counsel taking outside law firms to school for not knowing their own software, and a lawyer / software engineer invoking the name of Hammurabi as he turns law into computrademark search engine bests the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office system while his prices stay low, a general counsel taking outside law firms to school for not knowing their own software, and a lawyer / software engineer invoking the name of Hammurabi as he turns law into compuTrademark Office system while his prices stay low, a general counsel taking outside law firms to school for not knowing their own software, and a lawyer / software engineer invoking the name of Hammurabi as he turns law into computer code.

A trademark symbol may be used to let the public know you're claiming «common law» ownership over a word or phrase.

skillfully knits together a vast diaspora of legal blogging from last week, from trademark issues to the Miers nomination, to women at work in the law to what you don't know about what you're telling the government.

As Mr. Arrow is a 3L in law school and appears to be the first one to have thought this through, I hereby declare this new approach in fictional trademark cases to be known as The Arrow Principle.

The firm's IP attorneys have experience in all aspects of the laws governing patents, trademarks, trade secrets, know how, copyright, false advertising and other matters involving life science intellectual property.

The most well - known aspects of property right law include copyrights, patents, and trademarks.

For those who know nothing about trademark law, please understand that there are nuances and exceptions lurking just under the surface and you shouldn't use this article to make decisions, but rather just to frame the questions.

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What the team is known for: «Longstanding expertise in copyright and trademark law with a forte in commercial agreements, portfolio management and brand strategy.

Some of our notable entertainment and media attorneys are: John Quinn, General Counsel of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who has also represented entertainment and media clients in a number of high profile cases; Kathleen Sullivan, the former Dean of Stanford Law School, First Amendment scholar, and nationally renowned appellate advocate, who heads the firm's appellate practice group; Bob Raskopf, an expert in the sports, entertainment and media bars in New York, who is perhaps best known for his work on behalf of professional sports leagues and teams, newspapers and publishers; Claude Stern, who has represented a broad array of leading software developers, videogame manufacturers, online publishers and other media clients in all forms of intellectual property litigation, including copyright, patent, trade secret, trademark, and licensing disputes; Bruce Van Dalsem, who has tried and resolved disputes for studios, producers and performing artists in the film, television, music and finance businesses, securing a top five verdict in California based on the misappropriation of a film library; Gary Gans, an expert litigator in motion picture financing, production and distribution disputes, as well as copyright and idea theft cases, who has been named in 2012 by The Hollywood Reporter as one of America's «Top Entertainment Attorneys;» Jeff McFarland, who has litigated entertainment related cases for more than 20 years, including cases involving motion picture and television series profits, video game licenses, idea theft and the «seven year rule;» and Michael Williams, who represents a satellite exhibitor and other media clients in trademark, copyright, patent, antitrust and other commercial litigation.

With the introduction of new EU trademark regulations which came into force on 1st October, Rose Smalley, Amy Galloway and Patrick Cantrill at law firm Bond Dickinson, discuss everything you need to know on the new rules, including all the challenges and opportunities they present for your business.

For example, if everyone started using the word «Nike» without a trademark symbol to refer to running shoes even if they weren't made by the Nike company, the trademark «Nike» would become diluted and no longer be protected by the law.

Ms. Gima has served as a writer and editor for Nolo.com and for the legal publisher, Matthew Bender, editing numerous titles from fighting your traffic ticket to knowing your rights as a tenant, and co-authoring three books, including Nolo's Pocket Guide to California Law, The Trademark Registration Kit and Domain Names: How to Choose & Protect a Great Name for Your Website.

All present and future rights in and to trade secrets, patents, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, know - how, and other proprietary rights of any type under the laws of any governmental authority, domestic or foreign, including without limitation rights in and to all applications and registrations relating to the Services shall, as between you and How - To Geek, at all times be and remain the sole and exclusive property of How - To Geek.

As a U.S. trademark owner, the Foundation may enforce its rights under a statute known as the Lanham Act, or common law, to protect against the use of similar marks.

Owned by Snapchat and filed on July 11th by an attorney at Cooley, which is known to be Snapchat's law firm, the trademarks could keep anyone else from entering the same space under the Snapchat name.

In 2010, (with the October vote fast approaching) at a meeting with the then CREA President, I stood in my place and I asked him what he knew about any legal opinion that CREA had received or was seeking in relation to acquiring an opinion from Lawyers who specialize in Trademark law, as it would pertain to CREA's entitlement to reject any notion of «mere postings» as being an infringement on CREA's legal rights to protect the REALTOR tTrademark law, as it would pertain to CREA's entitlement to reject any notion of «mere postings» as being an infringement on CREA's legal rights to protect the REALTOR trademarktrademark.

The court decided that because HER had a valid, well - known trademark that was very similar to the ones registered by the competing sales associate and because that sales associate and his brokerage intended to profit from the confusion of the two companies, HER's situation met the requirements for protection under the law.