Author Archives: John DiGiacomo

Typosquatters register domain names resembling your trademark to divert traffic or extort payment. Here’s how to identify typosquatting and fight back legally.

Proactive steps can help Amazon sellers avoid account suspensions and policy violations. Revision Legal’s e-commerce attorneys explain best practices to protect your Amazon seller account.

A Notice of Allowance means your intent-to-use trademark application has been approved, pending proof of use. Here’s what to do after receiving one.

In patent law, there is a legal doctrine called “assignor estoppel.” In general non-legal terms, assignor estoppel prevents an inventor, who assigns their patent rights to another for value, from later arguing in litigation that the patent assigned is invalid. As a hypothetical, imagine that Inventor invents “The Machine” and obtains a patent. Then, the […]

Trademarks, patents, and copyrights protect different types of intellectual property. Here’s a plain-language breakdown of each and when your business needs them.

TTAB proceedings are complex administrative trials that require careful preparation. Here are tips for handling USPTO trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings.

When an inventor files a patent application with the US Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”), one of the first steps in the patent process is the assignment of a patent examiner to the application. One can think of a patent examiner as a “case worker” for the patent application. The patent examiner is an attorney […]

Amazon sellers facing account issues need experienced legal counsel to protect their business. Revision Legal’s e-commerce attorneys explain when and why to hire an Amazon seller attorney.

Lawsuits in general are difficult and can be emotionally draining. Defamation lawsuits are even more so because lies and falsehoods are at issue and personal/business reputations are under attack. It can be enraging really, with the thought being that “… it is unfair, unjust and just plain mean for people to lie and cause me […]

Whether you should file a provisional patent application or a non-provisional patent application depends on a number of factors. One can think of a provisional patent application as both a “short-form” patent application and as a “placeholder” application. A provisional patent application is shorter and “less involved” than a full (non-provisional) patent application and is […]