Author Archives: John DiGiacomo

With a proper foundation according to the Rules of Evidence, social media posts are evidence in both civil and criminal cases. The Rules harken back to old forms of communication like paper letters exchanged or mailed through the various postal services. What a person might have written to a co-conspirator on paper is no different […]

Copyright law firms engage in the practice of and provide legal services related to copyright law. Copyright law is mostly based on federal law; that is the federal Copyright Act. But there are also some state-level copyright statutes, and there is a general body of common law copyright standards and rules established by collective reported […]

In some circumstances, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office requires that a person seeking to trademark a business name have a lawyer. The USPTO is the agency that handles the filing of trademarks. This is more accurately called the “registration” of trademarks. Mostly, the circumstances where a lawyer is required involve an owner of a […]

Basically, the kind of lawyer that would take on a cyberbullying and defamation case would be a top-rated defamation and/or negligence lawyer with experience in complex litigation cases. Revision Legal has such lawyers and we would be pleased to have you contact us for a consultation. We can be reached at 231-714-0100 or 855-473-8474. Deep […]

Basically, lawyer trademarking is hiring a trademark lawyer to obtain your trademark registration, while self-trademarking is doing it yourself. In practice, however, it is much more complicated than that, and there is a large difference between hiring a trademark law firm and self-trademarking. Note that there is no legal requirement that you hire a top-rated […]

A trademark is a mark, design, logo, word, phrase, or something similar that identifies the commercial source of a product or service. This identification is the minds of the relevant consuming public. Trademarks are a form of intellectual property, and like other forms of property, a trademark can be sold or transferred. Trademarks can also […]

Intellectual property (IP) is an essential asset for businesses and individuals who create original works, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, symbols, and designs. It is important to protect these creations from being copied or stolen by others, and this is where an intellectual property attorney comes in. If you are wondering, “Should I […]

As the popularity of cryptocurrencies continues to rise, so does the number of thefts involving them. Unfortunately, many cryptocurrency holders are unaware of the risks and fail to take adequate precautions to protect their assets. As a result, thefts of cryptocurrencies are not uncommon, and the recovery of stolen funds is a complex and challenging […]

In the United States, copyrights are protected by federal law. Copyrights protect original works of authorship such as music, art, writings, videos and the like. Copyright law gives the owner the exclusive right to perform or display the original works. Copyright law also protects what are called “derivative works” based on the original. If someone […]

Like any valuable business asset, patents, trademarks and copyrights can be sold, assigned and licensed. Indeed, assignment and licensing is common with respect to intellectual property. In legal terms, an “assignment” is a transfer of ownership, either full ownership or partial. In basic terms, a nunc pro tunc is a type of assignment that is […]