Author Archives: Eric Misterovich

Have you been named as a defendant in a copyright infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois? Revision Legal’s expert copyright infringement lawyers have represented copyright defendants in federal courts around the country, including in the Northern District of Illinois. If you have been named as a defendant in a copyright infringement lawsuit in […]

Have you been named in a copyright infringement lawsuit in the Western District of Michigan? Revision Legal’s expert copyright infringement lawyers have represented defendants in copyright infringement lawsuits in the Western District of Michigan, the Eastern District of Michigan, and other federal courts across the United States. If you seek representation in a copyright infringement […]

Have you been named as a defendant in a copyright infringement lawsuit in the Eastern District of Michigan? Revision Legal’s copyright infringement lawyers have defended copyright infringement defendants in copyright lawsuits in the Eastern District of Michigan and the Western District of Michigan, as well as other federal courts across the United States. Contact us today […]

The Securities and Exchange Commission has, under the mandate of the JOBS Act, lifted the ban on general solicitation by amending Rule 506 of Regulation D and Rule 144A of the Securities Act. In effect, this change allows a company to engage in general solicitation, meaning solicitations to the general public, provided all purchasers of […]

Governor Snyder has signed Senate Bill 27, which allows bars and restaurants to sell refillable growlers for off-premises consumption. Michigan law previously allowed breweries to sell growlers, and this recent change extends the law to cover bars and restaurants. Bars and restaurants are required to pay a $100 fee to obtain a special merchants’ license to […]

Clients often ask us how to trademark a name. Learning how to trademark a name is a three step process: 1. First, identify a name that is protectable by trademark law. Generic names, such as “Coffee House” for use with a coffee shop, cannot be trademarked. Descriptive names, such as “Computerland” for a computer store, […]

The law firm of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. has filed a new mass copyright infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois. This lawsuit, titled BKGTH Productions LLC, v. Does 1-87 and filed under case number 1:13-cv-04712, alleges that the 87 John Doe defendants listed in the case are liable for copyright infringement of “Bad Kids […]

Multinational corporations, including the Whirlpool Corporation located in Benton Harbor, Michigan, often request (or demand) their employees sign non-compete agreements.   What is a non-compete agreement?   Non-compete agreements are a contract between an employer and employee. The contract typically restricts an employee’s ability to leave his or her current position to join a similar […]

CEG TEK International, also known as Copyright Enforcement Group and copyrightsettlements.com, has undertaken a new copyright infringement notice campaign whereby it has sent hundereds, if not thousands, of notices of infringement under the subject line “Notice of Unauthorized Use of Copyrights Owned by AKM Images / GSI Media.” The only problem: many of these notices […]

Copyright Enforcement Group, previously known for sending threat letters and filing lawsuits against bittorrent downloaders, is now targeting website owners with copyright infringement threat letters for the use of purportedly copyrighted photos. The company asserting copyright infringement is AKM Images / GSI Media, and the letters have been demanding $500 in settlement of the claim. The […]