Congress recently passed the Take It Down Act (“TIDA”), and the law was signed by the President in mid-May 2025. See AP media report here. Interestingly enough, “Take It Down” is an acronym for “Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act.” TIDA prohibits what is commonly called “revenge […]
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Receiving a Notice of Suspension from Amazon — or any online sales platform like Walmart — can be devastating. But you have options and, in some cases, you can have the decision reversed and be “up and running” within 24 hours. The best option is to consult with an Amazon Suspension Appeal attorney like the […]
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Under U.S. trademark laws, there is a legal concept called the “Doctrine of Foreign Equivalence”(“DFE”). Essentially, the DFE prevents the registration of trademarks that violate U.S. trademark rules where foreign language words are used instead of English language words that have the same meaning. Thus, “blaue Milchviehbetriebe” and “fermes laitières bleues” are not registerable since […]
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