Blog – Adam Garson Law

06Jul 2023

USPTO Warns of Scammers Targeting Patent Owners

July 6, 2023 Patent
Telephone Scammer AI

This month the USPTO warned of scam telephone attacks on patent owners.  The scammers spoof USPTO phone numbers so the call appears to come from the USPTO.  The scammers pretend to be USPTO employees and ask the patent owner to pay fees over the phone or for personal information.   The USPTO warns that it does […]

15Jun 2023

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Fair Use

June 15, 2023 Ask Dr. Copyright
Question on a Keyboard

Dear Doc: I know that you have written a boatload of articles about “appropriation art,” where someone just grabs the copyright-protected work of another person, changes it a bit, and then sells it for a boatload of money, never giving the first artist a penny, and how this was totally legal. So how come I […]

08Jun 2023

Liberate TACO TUESDAY! Who Owns It Anyway? 

June 8, 2023 Trademark, Uncategorized
Taco Tuesday

Given the weighty domestic and foreign news of the day, trademark wars shouldn’t be capturing as much media attention as has the recent kerfuffle over the mark “TACO TUESDAY.” But it has. If you haven’t heard, Taco Bell, LeBron James, and some restaurant establishments are fighting over ownership of the trademark rights to TACO TUESDAY. […]

01Jun 2023

Patent Bullet Dodged, Thanks to The Supreme Court

June 1, 2023 Patent
Amgen

A bullet dodged or the bomb-throwing Supreme Court declines  to destroy the patent system… for once. The Supreme Court does not take a patent case unless it can screw up the patent system and make things worse for inventors.  That’s why Your Faithful Correspondent was alarmed when the Court accepted the case of Amgen v Sanofi, which […]

29May 2023

Ask Dr. Copyright About “Deep Fakes”

May 29, 2023 Copyright
Question on a Keyboard

Dear Doc: Lately I have been reading a lot about “deep fakes”, which seem to be photos and videos that have been edited for propaganda purposes. Isn’t it against the law to do that? Why don’t the copyright police put an end to such deceptions so that the public may once again be able to […]

22May 2023

Paparazzi Find a New Profit Center

May 22, 2023 Copyright
Paparazzi

Did you know that there has been a spate of lawsuits filed against celebrities for using unlicensed photographs of themselves?  It’s true. The list of defendants is a Who’s Who of social media, including Deshaun Watson, Justin Bieber, Emily Ratajkowski, Lebron James, Gigi Hadid, Katy Perry, Khloe Kardashian, and the list goes on. With the […]

18May 2023

Ask Dr. Copyright © About Public Domain

May 18, 2023 Ask Dr. Copyright
Question on a Keyboard

Dear Doc: If something, a photo, music, a video, is in the “public domain,” then why must I pay for a license from Getty Images to use it? Shouldn’t it be free? Signed,Concerned Confused Citizen Dear CCC: You are, indeed, confused. You see, being in the “public domain” just means that there are no legal […]

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