The More IP Protection the Better
An article on Tech Vibes brings up some very good points about intellectual property protections. Sometimes a single filing isn’t enough. A broad approach that uses several different kinds of…
Internet Law & New Media
SLAMMING THE DOOR ON DOMAIN NAME HIJACKING
During the 1980s after the breakup of “Ma Bell” (AT&T Corp.) when US regulators broke up the AT&T Corp. monopoly by a consent decree in the anti-trust lawsuit, United States…
Second Life TOS: A Partial Analysis and How to Protect your Digital Content
In November 2003, Linden announced that it would recognize participants’ full intellectual property protection for the digital content they created or otherwise owned in Second Life. As a result, Second…
Cyber Piracy Law: Domain Names and Right of Privacy
Causes of action for the use of someone’s famous name are CyberPiracy, unfair competition and false advertising in the nature of false endorsement which is essentially the federal equivalent of…
How To Do Email Marketing Right
In short, you may send unsolicited email so long as you follow the rules. include your physical postal address indicate that the email is an advertisement or solicitation notify recipients…
Social Media Sites and Intellectual Property
Social media sites are the “go to” Internet forums for fun and e-commerce. Internet users spend a great deal of time at these sites, not merely for pleasure, but also…
U.S. SUPREME COURT TAKES “39 STEPS” BACK FROM THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
In a landmark copyright ruling hailed internationally—but largely criticized at home—the U.S. Supreme Court decided on January 18, 2012 that the copyright clause of the Constitution does not prevent the…
The best-known areas of Intellectual Property: Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights
A Patent oftentimes protects things that have some sort of function. Before filing a patent application, you should have Michael L. Greenberg, our registered patent attorney, perform a patent search…
Registered Copyright
Grounded in the US Constitution, US Copyright laws protects a creation that is fixed in a tangible medium. At the moment the creation is fixed, a copyright is automatically secured. That…