Tag Archives: infringement

Keyword Infringement – Is it Possible?

November 14, 2024 Internet Law, Trademark

This month we’re going to take a look at something really practical: keyword advertising. Keyword advertising is a digital marketing strategy where businesses target specific words or phrases—keywords—relevant to their products or services. The goal is to have advertisements appear in search engine results or on websites when someone searches for or reads content containing […]

Can Shein Weather the Latest Storm? Or is it a Tempest in a Teapot?

August 17, 2023 Copyright

If you know about “fast fashion,” you surely have heard of the Chinese fast-fashion giant, Shein. It is a favorite of those who desire cheap clothing in a seemingly infinite and ever-changing selection of styles. Despite, and perhaps partly because of its worldwide dominance and popularity, Shein has been a magnet for legal and ethical accusations, including trademark […]

Art Imitates Life or Does It?

February 9, 2023 Trademark

Out of all the names Defendants could have used for the tax business portrayed in Episode 2, they decided not to be original at all, but instead ripped off the famous Liberty Tax trademark, which had been used for over 25 years, and mimic an actual Liberty Tax location just by adding the word “Sweet” […]

Ask Dr. Copyright — Plagiarism vs. Infringement

September 7, 2016 Copyright

Dear Doc: I was, for reasons I do not want to explain, watching the Republican National Convention on television. I watched Malania Trump’s speech about her husband, THE DONALD, and thought that it was a very good speech, especially for someone who speaks five languages. It sounded pretty familiar, but it was not until I […]

Employment Agreements to Protect Intellectual Property

June 27, 2016 Intellectual Property

How do you, the cautious employer, protect yourself from trade secret theft?  One way is through employment agreements.  Many of the court cases involving employee theft of trade secrets include employment agreements with intellectual property terms.  We believe that courts are more likely to conclude that the actions by a former employee are or will be a […]

When will a Federal court order a patent infringer to stop infringing?

September 30, 2015 Patent

Apple and Samsung have been fighting for years over copying by Samsung of patented features of Apple’s iPhone and iPad.  The features at issue in a recent Apple v Samsung case before the Federal Circuit Court were swipe-to-unlock, telephone number recognition, and spelling correction.  A jury found that Samsung actively copied these features and infringed the patents […]

Robin Thicke and a Trial of Two Songs

March 30, 2015 Copyright

Ask Dr. Copyright … Dear Doc: You wrote about the legal fracas over the song “Blurred Lines” in a prior issue of your column. What’s up with that? Sincerely, Farel Thick Dear Sir: That case went to the jury about three weeks ago, and, true to the name of the song, it truly did blur […]

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