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13Jun 2019

Amazon vs. Amazonas: Selling Stuff Prevails

June 13, 2019 Internet Law
Internet Domains

The Amazon River is the longest, mightiest river in the world.  Its headwaters lie in the Andes of Peru but numerous rivers of the Amazon Basin drain into the Amazon River as it meanders towards the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon Basin, or Amazonas, is massive, comprised of seven countries – Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, […]

06Jun 2019

Are You the Victim of a Data Breach?

June 6, 2019 Internet Law
Internet Domains

Bad actors are after your data.  They want to turn your data into money any way that they can.  That may involve using your data to steal your online banking passwords and account numbers, or may involve stealing personal and contact data to make a phishing attack more convincing and effective.  Why?  So that you […]

16May 2019

Ask Dr. Copyright About the “Vessel”

May 16, 2019 Ask Dr. Copyright
Question on a Keyboard

Dear Doc: The spouse and I recently visited New York City, and while there, we went to see the “Vessel“, which is “an interactive staircase and art installation located at Hudson Yards”. It was interesting, but I felt uneasy because I felt that by going there, I was somehow giving up a lot of my […]

09May 2019

Ransomware

May 9, 2019 cybersecurity, Patent
Internet Domains

Consider this situation: you get to work one morning and attempt to open your computer.  A pop-up message tells you that your hard drive is encrypted and demands that you make a payment, in Bitcoin, to get access to your files.  Your coworkers have the same experience.  Your company’s servers are frozen.  You and your […]

18Apr 2019

Ask Dr. Copyright

April 18, 2019 Ask Dr. Copyright, Copyright
Question on a Keyboard

Dear Doc: As part of my profession, I often create things that I present to my clients. For example, I may create a floor plan or an interior design drawing. I may create renderings of what a project will look like when completed. I create bills of materials, supplier lists, written specifications, and all sorts […]

11Apr 2019

EU Makes Big Changes to Its Copyright Law

April 11, 2019 Copyright
Copyright

This week the European Parliament approved a controversial copyright law, the “Copyright Directive” (“Directive”), that may have serious implications for both providers and consumers of online content in Europe. While this may not be relevant to most of our readership, it may be an important testing ground for changes in US copyright law. For example, […]

04Apr 2019

It Just Got Harder To Patent Computer-Implemented Inventions

April 4, 2019 Patent
Designs for patents

A patent is property and the claims of a patent determine the value of that property.  The words are important, folks.  Consider the following (fictitious) claim: A love detector, the love detector comprising: a computer configured to determine whether a user is in love That’s called a “functional” claim – the claim addresses what the […]

14Mar 2019

China Deluges U.S. with Trademark Filings

March 14, 2019 Trademark
TM is for Trademarks

It is widely known that China has been the source of cyber attacks against public and private entities in the United States. The nature and effectiveness of these attacks are of considerable concern. According to one estimate, cyber theft by the Chinese has cost the U.S. economy more than $300 billion annually taking into account […]

07Mar 2019

A Big Company Stole and Patented My Invention. Can I have the patent transferred to me?

March 7, 2019 Litigation, Patent
gavel of justice

In a word, yes. Consider this situation:  An entrepreneur comes up with a new invention, let’s say, a self-inflating tire.  A big tire company, which has unsuccessfully tried to develop self-inflating tires for years, signs a non-disclosure agreement and comes to inspect the tire.  The non-disclosure agreement is a contract by which the big tire […]

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