Author Archives: John DiGiacomo

A trademark specimen proves your mark is used in commerce. Here’s what the USPTO accepts as a valid specimen and the common mistakes that lead to rejection.

Understanding the difference between libel and slander per se is critical in defamation cases. Revision Legal’s internet defamation attorneys explain each type and how damages are calculated.

Understanding why Amazon suspends or cancels orders helps sellers avoid account problems. Revision Legal’s e-commerce attorneys explain the most common causes of Amazon order issues.

An express license with respect to a patent is an agreement by the owner of a patent allowing another the right to make, use, or sell the patented invention. Essentially, a license prevents a patent owner from claiming that patent infringement has occurred. Express licenses are generally in written form and tend to be quite […]

Form 83(b) is a form that is signed and sent to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) making a choice — an election — on when the signatory would like to be taxed on future-vesting equity, like shares stock, issued by a corporate entity. By sending Form 83(b), the signatory chooses to have the equity taxed […]

The Federal Trademark Dilution Act protects famous marks from uses that blur or tarnish them, even without consumer confusion. Here’s what businesses need to know.

Hacking and other cybercrime is rampant. It is not just the big companies that are victimized. Even Amazon sellers are targeted. Indeed, over the last couple of years, Amazon has issued at least two detailed alerts to their sellers warning of increased risks associated with hacking and how to take preventative steps. If your Amazon […]

It is not surprising that the most important patent cases of the 21st Century have involved computer code, medical technology, and the human genome. Advancing technology and scientific knowledge tend to present unique and novel issues for patent lawyers and courts. For example, probably the most important patent case of the last twenty-one years was […]

The Trademark Supplemental Register accepts marks that aren’t yet distinctive enough for the Principal Register. Here’s what it offers and its limitations.

In patent law, there is a type of trial proceeding called Inter Partes Review (“IPR”). These are proceedings filed with the US Patent & Trademark Office and are conducted before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”). The purpose of an IPR is to challenge an existing patent, or more specifically, to challenge one or […]