Author Archives: John DiGiacomo

Revision Legal’s Internet lawyers are experts in drafting terms of service agreements for websites, software as a service, and software applications. Our terms of service lawyers have drafted terms of service agreements for companies ranging from small startups to publicly traded companies. Terms of service agreements are incredibly important because they define the relationship between […]

We’ve written before about the European Union’s “Right to Be Forgotten” laws (see our post on Making A Murderer’s Ken Kratz and his potential to be forgotten here), and we’ve talked a great deal about defamation and privacy concerns. T…

Among the most frequently asked questions that we receive at Revision Legal is, “What are the benefits of trademark registration?” Trademark registration provides a mark owner with numerous benefits, the most important of which are: Federal priority over all others to use the trademarked term in commerce in association with the sale of goods or services; A […]

ASUS, a Taiwan-based computer company, has recently agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over charges stemming from insecure routers and cloud services. The complaint alleged that ASUS compromised the personal information of h…

It’s so easy to become excited about the newest technology on the market today. Learning about all of the ways a new device can supposedly make life better and easier can be all-consuming. As a result, what often gets pushed to the back burner is the environmental impact of this new technology, and what happens […]

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) mission is to protect the consuming public from deceptive or unfair business practices. The FTC accomplishes these goals using a variety of strategies, including keeping businesses accountable for false advertising, preventing anti-competition, and helping to enhance informed consumer choice, just to name a few. The FTC governs any trade channels […]

Did you ever play that infamous game called Monopoly as a kid? If you did, were you ever any good? There are lots of different versions in existence today, but the idea is always the same: whoever can claim the most locations and put down buildings and hotels will often come out the winner. Everyone […]

It took Michelangelo over four years to complete the Sistine Chapel—it might take you four seconds to download a high-resolution picture of it from Google. In 2016, Michelangelo may have been a starving artist. Fortunately for Michelangelo, and many other great Renaissance artists, the church and rich merchants were able to pay so much money […]

Our hearts go out to those who lost their lives last night in our hometown of Kalamazoo due to the senseless violence of what appears to be a random shooter. But as information has been released on the primary suspect’s identity, Jason Bria…

With our ever-increasing dependence on technological devices and various sensors that help us park our cars and track our fitness levels, it comes as no surprise that these large collections of electronically stored data could pose a security risk. The Internet of Things, otherwise known as the “IoT”, describes the transmission of data through the […]