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Bricker Graydon LLP

What You Need to Know about Business Use of Third-Party Photos - Part 1

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You know it, instinctively if not empirically – there are many good reasons to use photos in your ads and print pieces and on your web pages – photos capture attention better than bold headlines and they add visual interest....more

Ropes & Gray LLP

Imitation Game: Legal Considerations with Dupes-Based Business Models

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Lower-cost products that are inspired by luxury or well-known branded products —often called “dupes”—have been a fixture in the consumer marketplace for decades. From store-brand pain relievers sold in similar packaging next...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

AI rise increases importance of IP audits

Having a clear view of your company’s patents, trademarks, copyrights and ‎trade secrets is a first step to protecting your intellectual property and ‎building a process to maximize new IP value.‎ It’s well known that a...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Owner of Bored Ape NFTs Fends Off Challenges from Conceptual Artists

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Yuga Labs Inc. (Yuga) – the creator and marketer of the well-known "Bored Ape Yacht Club" collection of nonfungible tokens (NFTs), referred to as Yuga Bored Ape images – filed a complaint in July 2022 against conceptual...more

Mintz Edge

Do You Have the Rights? How to Maintain Investor Confidence When Using Third-party Intellectual Property

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Imagine the following scenario: You, as the founder of a business, have spent the past three years building your company. You have been bootstrapping until now, but the company is at a crossroads and in order to grow the...more

McDermott Will & Emery

IP Implications of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

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On December 27, 2020, Congress signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, into law. The omnibus act includes new legislation affecting patent, copyright and trademark law. A brief summary of key provisions is provided...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

When Can a Company Be Liable for Its Vendor’s Copyright or Patent Infringement?: Hollywood Studios’ IP Headache

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The case of Rearden LLC et al. v. The Walt Disney Company et al., Nos. 3:17-cv-04006, 04191 & 04192 (N.D. Cal.), has been covered more in the Hollywood Reporter than in legal publications, but it is both a “Hollywood story”...more

Hogan Lovells

UK, US, HK and China – Access denied: an international perspective on ISP blocking injunctions

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While the UK Court of Appeal has opened the door for broadband ISP blocking to combat trademark or copyright-infringing activities, the picture in the United States, China and Hong Kong is more complex. ...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Collateral 101: Perfecting Security Interests in Common and Uncommon Collateral

As most people (at least in the banking world) know, a security interest is the granting of an interest in property to secure obligations, usually loan debt. If the borrower defaults under its obligations, the bank can...more

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Copyright Strategies for Start-Up Companies

As a leader of a start-up company, you are probably aware of the importance of protecting your company’s innovative products, services and technologies through patent filings. If you are savvy, you are also aware of the...more

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