Author Archives: John DiGiacomo

The main reason that trademark holders must enforce and protect their trademark rights is that, without enforcement/protection, the trademark itself can be destroyed, and trademark rights will cease to exist. This can occur in two ways: destruction of the functioning of the trademark as a trademark and genericide. Genericide is when a trademark becomes, in […]

Quality control provisions are crucial for Chinese supplier contracts for fulfillment-by-Amazon sellers. When using a Chinese company as a supply vendor for FBA, the obvious problem for Amazon sellers is that the manufacturer is overseas, and the products are being shipped around the globe. This means that it is very difficult to visit the factory […]

Call us here at Revision Legal if you are thinking of selling your online business to an e-commerce rollup company or if you are in the process of rolling up e-commerce businesses. We thrive on representing e-commerce companies and want to be your one-stop shop for answers to your legal questions. We are and have […]

Direct-to-consumer (“DTC” or “D2C”) e-commerce businesses have unique legal needs and, as such, need unique DTC e-commerce attorneys like the ones at Revision Legal. As we say, we understand D2C businesses because we are one (even though our product, of course, is delivered in conference rooms, board rooms, and courtrooms). Being DTC means significant additional […]

When one company — or other type of business entity — buys the assets of another, the companies negotiate and execute a detailed Asset Purchase Agreement. Among many other sets of provisions, there is a series of clauses called “indemnification” or “hold harmless” clauses. The purpose of an indemnification clause is to shift the risk […]

If you do not already know, many employers — both large and small — use Automated Employment Decision Tools (“AEDT”) when making hiring decisions. Automated Employment Decision Tools may be as simple as using screening software to eliminate applicants with an insufficient number of years in the industry or an inadequate level of schooling/training for […]

The state of Indiana recently passed its own version of a consumer data privacy/protection statute called the Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act (“ICDPA”). The new law becomes effective on January 1, 2026. The ICDPA has many of the same aspects as other similar laws passed in states like California, Texas, Utah, Colorado, Connecticut, etc. As […]

Trademark Infringement In The Wild | RSS.com Trademark Infringement In The Wild John Di Giacomo:Hey everyone, this is John Di Giacomo. You are listening to the Revision Legal, May It Please the Internet podcast. And today I am joined as always by Eric Misterovich. Hello, Eric.Eric Misterovich:Hey John. How are you?John Di Giacomo:I’m good. Had […]

Amazon Aggregator Troubles Continue | RSS.com Amazon Aggregator Troubles Continue John Di Giacomo: Hey everyone, you are listening to the May It Please the internet podcast, which is a podcast brought to you by Revision Legal. And today, I’m joined, as always, by my business partner, Eric Misterovich. Hey, Eric. Eric Misterovich: Hey, John. How […]

The Official Gazette is a publication — now online — issued by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The Official Gazette is used by the Trademark Office to publish proposed trademarks “to the world” so that other trademark owners — and/or others — might oppose the registration of the proposed trademark. This is called […]