Author Archives: Eric Misterovich

A Texas teacher is suing two of her former students for defamation after they allegedly wrote false and defamatory statements about her following an oral storytelling exercise. Elizabeth Ethredge has filed suit against the two students after they allegedly posted statements concerning the teacher following an oral storytelling exercise wherein the teacher purportedly asked the students […]

A new set of bittorrent copyright infringement lawsuits have been filed in the Northern District of Illinois over the movie “The Trade of Innocents.” Five complaints for copyright infringement have been filed, specifically, The Bicycle Peddler, LLC v. Does 1-12 – 2013-cv-02372 The Bicycle Peddler, LLC v. Does 1-21 – 2013-cv-02373 The Bicycle Peddler, LLC […]

Affiliate marketing is a type of performance-based marketing where an online business (merchant) uses third-party advertisers (affiliates) to advertise its products to potential internet customers. Affiliates use display advertising, e-mail, and paid search engine marketing to channel internet traffic to a merchant’s website or product. In return for the advertisements, businesses will compensate the affiliate […]

HOW THE JOBS ACT HAS BEEN INEFFECTIVE SO FAR   Crowdfunding has been a frequent topic on the National hot-stove with the recent passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which loosened many securities regulations imposed by the SEC. Of particular interest are the provisions of the Act aimed at making it simpler […]

If you have cable or satellite TV, then you are probably paying for channels that you either never watch or did not even know that you had.  This is because cable and satellite TV providers sell “bundles” of packages in their different subscription packages.  You buy a package, and those are the channels you get.  […]

The amount of digitally downloaded content is growing fast.  Apple currently has a tracker on its homepage in anticipation of hitting 50 billion downloaded apps.  In 2012, digitally downloaded games accounted for $5.9 billion in sales in the United States and now controls 40% of the video game market. We have previously discussed the potential […]

In today’s global market it is necessary to gain an edge in business conducted not only within our own borders, but internationally as well. But many current trademark owners or potential applicants may be unaware that international registration is actually quite simple to do thanks to what is known as the Madrid Protocol. It is […]

Prior to the advent of the Internet, it was significantly harder to distribute non-consentual adult photographs and videos. Physical photographs and video tapes could only be shown to a small group of people. The increase in the speed of communications, however, has brought with it new perils for women and men subject to non-consentual pornography, […]

We previously discussed why hiring an experienced trademark lawyer makes a difference in getting your trademark published, but hiring an experienced trademark lawyer can also protect you from a claim of trademark infringement.  Use of online bulk legal services, instead of an experienced trademark lawyer, resulted in a claim of trademark infringement for Mr. Freddie […]

Thanks to lower prices, the convenience of shopping from home, and the ability to read reviews from recent purchasers, more and more people are shopping online.  In fact, online retail sales are expected to reach $327 billion by 2016 in the United States alone.  One reason online retailers have lower prices than brick and mortar […]