by Kyri Tsircou | May 22, 2018 | Client Counseling, Copyrights
One of the largest, and fastest growing, multimedia industries is the field of video games. With greater popularity and revenues comes stronger enforcement, and this increased enforcement is starting to run right up against one of the oldest plagues for game...
by Kyri Tsircou | Aug 1, 2017 | Client Counseling, Patents
On May 2017, the Supreme Court handed down one of the most significant patent law decisions of the last several years in T.C. Heartland L.L.C. v. Kraft Food Brands, L.L.C. This case directly impacts the proper venue in which to bring patent infringement cases, and...
by Kyri Tsircou | Aug 1, 2017 | Client Counseling, Patents
Design patents have recently found a prominent place in the news, being the basis of infringement in much publicized Apple v. Samsung. While this is an important piece of intellectual property protection, the contours of damages that can be sought based on...
by Kyri Tsircou | Jan 23, 2017 | Client Counseling, Copyrights
In November of 2016 Amazon filed lawsuits against counterfeiters and infringers for the first time in its 20-year history. This follows on the heels of Amazon’s announcement in August of 2016 that they would be stepping up enforcement measures against counterfeit...
by Kyri Tsircou | Nov 23, 2016 | Client Counseling, Copyrights
GIF’s, or short looping video clips, ubiquitously populate the Internet and have quickly become a new form of communication unto themselves. Usually these short looping videos borrow clips from popular television shows, movies, or video of cultural figures, or in...
by Kyri Tsircou | Nov 23, 2016 | Client Counseling, Trademarks
One of the primary requirements for trademark registration is that the mark is “Use in Commerce”, or that the mark was used in commerce in connection with a good or service for which it is being registered. The exact definition of the extent of “use” required was...
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