Author Archives: John DiGiacomo

Online affiliate marketing is big business now. Affiliate marketing, of course, has been around for a long time. Basically, a business or a person agrees to promote and recommend a product, a brand of products, or even a whole business in exchange for various things of value. Generally, the affiliate does not actually sell the […]

Yes, as long as the proposed trademark meets the other requirements for registration. U.S. trademark laws do not require that only the English language can be used for trademarks. However, whatever the language, trademarks must meet the legal requirements, including functionality, distinctiveness, uniqueness, etc. For example, every trademark must function as a trademark in that […]

In a new ruling, a California federal judge has declared the entirety of California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (“CAADCA”) to be unconstitutional. Cal. Civ. Code §§ 1798.99.28 et seq. See media report here and the Opinion here. The case is Netchoice, LLC. v. Bonta, Case No. 22-cv-08861-BLF (US N.Dist. Cal, March 13, 2025). The CAADCA […]

Without question, there are famous brands and trademarks that are global in their reach. The examples are nearly endless. Soft drinks like Coca-Cola and Pepsi, luxury brands like Tiffany and Gucci, restaurants like McDonald’s and Starbucks, and many more. When we speak of “brands,” we are, of course, speaking in terms of trademarks. Despite the […]

In very basic terms, a SaaS lawyer is tasked with protecting the intellectual property of businesses that provide software-as-a-service (“SaaS”). This includes ensuring that end-users pay for use per their user agreement and do not violate the terms of use — that is, not use the software improperly. Most SaaS is now accessed through websites […]

E-commerce mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”) are often successful and achieve the goals for which they were designed. But we have all heard the horror stories of M&A “gone wrong.” When everything is eventually parsed and examined, there are often specific reasons why the M&A went wrong. In this article, the e-commerce M&A attorneys at Revision […]

Anyone who follows college football probably knows about the Nico and Madden Iamaleava sagas. Nico Iamaleava was a 2024-25 playoff star quarterback for Tennessee with a Name, Image and Likeness (“NIL”) package worth $2.4 million, but ultimately unhappy. He announced on April 20, 2025, that he would be transferring to the UCLA Bruins (which, incidentally, […]

If you are engaged in esports at any serious level, you need an esports attorney like the ones at Revision Legal. Consider just the issue of intellectual property. Intellectual property, of course, covers rights related to trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets. These are related to the way in which you play — such as […]

As reported here, the owner of the trademark SPOTIFY successfully opposed the registration of two trademarks involving the word mark POTIFY. Here are a few of the legal lessons we learned. A registered trademark is not needed to file a USPTO Opposition The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office routinely publishes proposed trademarks for review by […]

Most of the recently enacted state-level consumer data privacy statutes have added a focus on automated decisions that “produce legal or similarly significant effects” concerning an individual. Most of the statutes simply allow consumers to opt out of such automated decision-making processes. But some of the data protection statutes go further. For example, the Minnesota […]