Author Archives: John DiGiacomo

Last week, the Michigan legislature presented a bill to Governor Rick Snyder that might stimulate data industry growth in the state. If signed into law, Senate Bill 616 will amend Michigan’s General Sales Tax Act to exempt companies engaged in data center related business from paying sales and use taxes.

As a result of a decision made earlier this week, copyright royalties will be on the rise as of 2016—and the Copyright Royalty Board left room open to allow for a possible continuance of the cost hike over the coming years.  On Wednesday December 16, in a highly contested decision, the Board ruled that Pandora […]

Simply put: defamation = lies. And in the online space, there is a whole lot of it.

Consider the following scenario: You’re a successful business owner, and you have a customer base that’s expanding daily. Recently, you decided it’s time to start a website to continue growing your business, but when you try to register your trademark as your domain name, you find out someone else already owns it. Without warning, you […]

The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (“ACPA”) is a federal statute that creates a civil course of action under intellectual property. Specifically, the statute is for owners of certain marks pursuing civil action against registrants of domain names that can negatively impact those marks and their owners. To be successful under the ACPA, the owner of […]

In recent years, a new form of crime has been emerging, leaving both law enforcement and the judicial system as a whole at a loss for how to approach it and what they can do to prevent it. Domain name theft, otherwise known as domain name hijacking, is the “wrongful taking of control of a […]

  Revision Legal has a long history of successfully handling liquor license cases for Traverse City’s most popular restaurants and bars. Our attorneys can help you navigate the Michigan Liquor Control Commission application process, draft an initial licensing document to submit with your request for permits or licenses, guide you through any investigations they may […]

If you are searching for a Traverse City business lawyer, the attorneys at Revision Legal have extensive experience handling business law matters in Traverse City and the surrounding areas. Our Traverse City business lawyers have handled the following matters: Corporate formation, including the creation of LLCs and corporations; Corporate financing, including business investments; Mergers and […]

Identity theft and fraud are major possibilities if you are not protecting your registrar details adequately. When you register a domain name you are required to provide a collection of personal information, including your name, physical and email addresses, phone number, and administrative and technical contacts. Often a majority, if not all, of the information […]

In the Internet Age, opening a browser and punching in the name of a website has become a routine process. If the technology does what it’s supposed to, you will arrive at your cyber destination within seconds. Have you ever stopped to consider what all the letters and dots in the website’s address mean? Most […]