Parody https://www.loweringthebar.net/2022/10/best-brief-ever-written-the-onion.html Fair Use https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-supreme-court-mulls-line-between-art-theft-warhol-case-2022-10-11/ Privacy https://iapp.org/resources/article/privacy-tech-vendor-report/ Trademark – Updated US Office Action response deadlines https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/laws/2020-modernization-act/new-response-deadline-applications
Category: Trademarks
Links for Week of October 7, 2022
Trademark https://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/protect/soliciting-attorney-sponsorship Section 230 https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/10/scotus-weighs-first-case-testing-big-tech-liability-for-recommending-content/ Copyright https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/wwe-video-game-maker-owe-artist-depicting-wrestlers-tattoos-jury-says-2022-09-30/ Artificial Intelligence https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/
Links for Week of September 16, 2022
Social Media https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/14/meta-tiktok-youtube-and-twitter-senate-hearing/ Antitrust https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/09/14/california-amazon-antitrust-lawsuit/ Internet Governance https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/15/eu-cyber-resilience-act-draft/ Trademark https://mashable.com/article/apple-iphone-14-dynamic-island-trademark-jamaica
Links for week of July 29, 2022
Here are the links of interest for this week, broken down by general topic: Internet https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/07/russia-is-quietly-ramping-up-its-internet-censorship-machine/ Security https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/07/apples-lockdown-mode-2.html Trademark & Copyright https://scoutingwire.org/girl-scouts-of-the-united-states-of-america-gsusa-and-boy-scouts-of-america-bsa-have-entered-into-an-agreement-to-end-trademark-infringement-litigation/ https://circleid.com/posts/20220726-calculating-the-return-on-investment-of-online-brand-protection-projects https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2022/07/the-ninth-circuit-reaffirms-the-discovery-rule-for-the-copyright-acts-statute-of-limitations-starz-v-mgm-guest-blog-post.htm https://blogs.loc.gov/copyright/2022/07/the-copyright-claims-board-is-here-find-out-if-its-right-for-you/
LG Webinar Recording – The Trademark Modernization Act
Here’s the recording of the November 10, 2021 LG Webinar I conducted on the Trademark Modernization Act: Today, on November 17, 2021, the USPTO issued its final rule setting forth the implementation plan, which varies somewhat from what was expected: The implementation date of the Act is December 18, 2021 for most procedures, with the…
Register for LG Webinar – How The Trademark Modernization Act will Affect Everyone
On November 10, 2021, at 12:00 PM, we invite you to attend an LG Webinar presented by Kevin Thompson entitled “How the Trademark Modernization Act Will Affect Everyone.” The Trademark Modernization Act was signed on December 27, 2020, and will be implemented by December 27, 2021. This 30-minute presentation will focus on the changes coming…
Slides from April 30, 2020 Chicago Bar presentation on Brexit and the UK IP laws
Here are the slides from my April 30, 2020 presentation to the Chicago Bar Association’s International Law Committee seminar on the IP changes coming to the UK as a result of Brexit.
Quoted in article on Star Wars counterfeit toys
I was quoted in this great article by Carol Pinchefsky on Star Wars counterfeit toys: http://www.syfy.com/syfywire/geek-collectors-under-attack-by-toy-counterfeiters-for-decades Enjoy!
Disparaging Trademarks: The Skin-ny on The Slants
Here’s my presentation to the Chicago Bar Association on April 6, 2016 on “Disparaging Trademarks: The Skin-ny on The Slants.” In my talk, I explained how Section 2(a) works when the mark is considered disparaging of an identifiable group, how it was ruled unconstitutional in the recent en banc decision of the Federal Circuit in…
TWIL 194 – “When Laws Get Weird”
I was pleased to be a guest on This Week In Law last week, Episode #194, entitled “When Laws Get Weird.” Special thanks to Denise Howell, Evan Brown, and Lisa Borodkin for a great discussion on Aaron Swartz, Internet defamation, editorial independence, and more.