Author Archives: John DiGiacomo

Purchase Price and Closing (APA part 2) | RSS.com Purchase Price and Closing Mini-APA Series: Purchase Price and Closing Last week, we covered the basics what exactly is an APA; how is it different than equity, the parties to the agreement, what you are selling, what you are not selling. This week we want to […]

Talking Trademarks – 5 Things Every Business Owner Should Know | RSS.com Talking Trademarks – 5 Things Every Business Owner Should Know Talking Trademarks – 5 Things Every Business Owner Should Know 1. What are Trademarks? The term “trademark” includes any word, name, symbol, or device, or any combination thereof— (1) used by a person, or […]

Handling Legal Issues On Amazon | RSS.com Handling Legal Issues on Amazon Handling Legal Problems on Amazon “May It Please The Internet” is a podcast brought to you by revisionlegal.com Intro: This is May It Please The Internet Podcast brought to you by Revision Legal, lawyers who represent businesses that make money online. John: Hi […]

Is Your eCommerce Business Ready for In-House Counsel? | RSS.com Is Your eCommerce Business Ready For In-House Counsel? Eric: Hello and welcome to May It Please The Internet, Revision Legal’s podcast where we talk about all kinds of eCommerce and business and legal related items. I’m Eric Misterovich. I’m joined today by Chris Carol. Chris, […]

If you are producing, minting or dropping non-fungible token products, investing in an NFT business or thinking about buying an NFT, you need an experienced NFT attorney and NFT law firm. Blockchain ensures uniqueness and singularity, but you need top-tier legal counsel for the other aspects of the asset. Call us here at Revision Legal […]

Digital defamation — also called online defamation and internet defamation — is a serious legal issue that can get the defamer sued. Most internet defamation is libel. That is written defamation. But, given the prevalence of podcasts and video uploads to social media and internet platforms, online defamation can also be slanderous — that is […]

If your business is thinking about offering online sweepstakes for marketing and to drive business, you will need an experienced Sweepstakes Law Firm to help. Internet sweepstakes are fun and exciting, but because the “internet goes everywhere,” your business will have to comply with the federal laws and the laws in every State that govern […]

Reverse domain name hijacking (“RDNH”) is defined as bad faith use of ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution (“UDRP”) policies and procedures with an intent to coerce a domain name owner to transfer the domain name. ICANN is a not-for-profit organization that governs domain name registration. UDRP proceedings are arbitration proceedings where a person or […]

Last month, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) denied a collection of trademark applications trying to register the word FUCK for various goods and services. The applicant for those trademarks, Erik Brunetti, had already won a case at the United States Supreme Court that allowed him to register the mark FUCT. In Iancu v. […]

In December of 2021, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued some long-awaited updates to their processes and procedures that make it easier to challenge abandoned trademarks and make it faster to get marks registered. Cancelling unused trademarks The USPTO has created two brand new types of administrative proceedings to challenge trademarks that […]