Author Archives: John DiGiacomo

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 […]

Protecting your trademarks from infringement is necessary to ensure that your trademarks, first, remain YOUR trademarks and, second, remain functioning as trademarks. It does not happen too often, but occasionally, a trademark left unpoliced will end up being canceled legally, which allows a competitor to begin using the trademark. A more common problem is genericide. […]

Almost every State in the country now allows student athletes to participate in marketing and financial exploitation of their name, image and likeness (“NIL”). This has allowed athletes to monetize their college (and even high school) sports careers. In addition to allowing an athlete to profit from their NIL, most newly enacted State laws allow […]