Author Archives: Eric Misterovich

St. Joseph intellectual property law attorneys Revision Legal are conveniently located in the Box Factory for the Arts in downtown St. Joseph, Michigan. Our attorneys handle a wide range of intellectual property law issues for St. Joseph residents and clients throughout the United States. Our intellectual property law services include: Copyright registration Copyright litigation Cybersquatting […]

The United States Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has increasingly heightened its focus on goods imported into the U.S. that infringe copyrighted works and trademarks. CBP, an administrative agency with law enforcement powers, has the authority to carry out searches, seizures, and arrests, and additionally, the […]

Recently, Apple forced Digital Music News (“DMN”), a website that covers news and information for the music industry, to pull an iTunes Radio contract from their website, citing copyright infringement as the reason for removal. The contract, leaked by DMN in late June, was for independent, non-major record labels that didn’t have directly negotiated deals […]

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a manufacturer’s trade dress infringement claim against a competitor fails because there is no likelihood of confusion between the two parties’ goods. The court noted that trademark law is designed to promote brand recognition, not deter lawful competition. Trade dress is the design and shape of the […]

The internet has the power to turn an individual into an overnight celebrity. Or, in other words, it can turn a person into a brand. This raises the question, can someone obtain a registered trademark in their personal name? Do you have the Required Connection? The short answer is yes, but in very limited circumstances. […]

IS YOUR BRAND PROTECTED? No more excuses. Hire a trademark attorney today. According to recent research by two UNC law professors Gerhardt and McClanahan, inexperienced trademark applicants that filed for trademark registration without a lawyer only had their trademarks published 57% of the time. Experienced trademark lawyers, however, successfully published their clients’ trademarks 83% of the […]

A small town Kansas restaurant, which filed a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board appeal in an attempt to register the name “Carl’s Bar,” has been denied by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”), who ruled it would likely to be confused with and negatively impact fast-food chain, Carl’s Jr.’s trademark. Carl’s Jr. Restaurants LLC […]

Copyright protection is a fundamental concept every artist, author, musician, or creator must understand. Copyright is an aspect of intellectual property law that protects original works of authorship the moment they are fixed in a tangible medium. While that may sound sophisticated, for the most part, it is relatively simply. For example, the moment you […]

Shifts in technology have revolution the literary publishing industry. What was once an accomplishment of the very few, publishing and distributing a book, is now possible for anyone with the drive to complete it. This causes many people to ask about protecting the intellectual property of their literary work. Two types of protection are important: […]

Video game franchise, Angry Birds, filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against a Florida based golf goods company, Angry Club LLC, claiming that Angry Club has infringed Angry Birds’ exclusive rights to the trademarked “Angry Birds” name. Angry Birds seeks to stop Angry Club from registering their name.   According to Angry Birds’ complaint, the alleged […]