Copyright

GoldieBlox Sues Beastie Boys First Over Use of “Girls” Song

The Beastie Boys are receiving a bad reputation after suing toy company GoldieBlox for copyright and trademark infringement of their…

11 years ago

Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights – What’s the Difference?

Many people tend to confuse the types of intellectual property protections that are available to them. In short, a patent…

11 years ago

Patent: A Tool, Not A Business

A patent in the United States grants an inventor the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, offering for…

11 years ago

Y, M, C, No More?

More likely than not you have heard the “YMCA” at every school dance or wedding you have ever attended. As…

11 years ago

Tattoos – A New Frontier in Copyright Law

Tattoos, an ancient art that has enjoyed a modern renaissance over the past few decades especially as this type of…

11 years ago

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act – Not Just for Protecting Intellectual Property?

No one would disagree that plane crashes are a terrible and inescapable fact of life in today's ever increasing busy…

11 years ago

WIPO – Ensuring Intellectual Property for the Visually Impaired

Intellectual property just took a huge step towards equality throughout the world. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and its…

11 years ago

The Do’s and Don’ts of Internet Copyright

The Do’s and Don’ts of Internet Copyright If an article online is copyrighted can I use part of their work?…

11 years ago

Can You Use a Brand Product In Movie Without Permission?

Do movie makers need to obtain permission to use all brand products in their movies?  The answer is no, but…

12 years ago

Prevent Someone from Misusing Photos of You

What does Sophia Loren and Scarlet Johansson share in common?  Each of these women had nude photos of themselves posted…

12 years ago