Category: Revision Legal

One of the biggest obstacles that can come up in registering a trademark is the potential for a trademark application to be challenged by an outside party. When pending marks have been challenged by a third party, the applicant has the right to defend their own mark for validity, using one of several defenses. These […]

Facebook could be in trouble as a class-action suit against Shutterfly, brought by a Chicago man, is now able to move forward. The claim relates to alleged misuse of biometric data by the company. Facebook uses similar technology to Shutterfly for face…

As soon as an individual expresses an idea, phrase, or some other form of creativity in a tangible medium of expression, it has copyright protection. The United States government makes all works protected, whether registered or not, in order to promote creativity and allow for all original thoughts to be owned by the creators. While […]

Opposition is a legal procedure that allows third parties, who may be worried about confusion with their own trademarks, to question the validity of pending trademarks. There are two main grounds for opposing a pending trademark: absolute and relative.

Games have evolved from the simplicity of Pong to the complex, 18 quintillion planet universe of No Man’s Sky. Along with this massive expansion, development teams have evolved, too. While the original idea of any app or game is usually attributed to a stroke of genius from one person, it is understood that a team […]

Most people are familiar with Lumosity – the ‘brain training’ program that claimed to delay cognitive impairment caused by aging, among other causes. However, Lumosity will be paying a $2 million settlement because of a recent judgment by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) that its claims were unfounded.

On December 16th, an opinion from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals boosted the number of appellate courts agreeing to an interpretation of a rule related to trademarks and domain names. The court held that re-registering a domain name,…

Ratings websites like Yelp and TripAdvisor are changing the way people choose where to eat, where to shop, where to travel and where to lodge. According to its website, TripAdvisor alone is home to over 250 million reviews made by people wi…

2015 has been an incredible year for Revision Legal. You have presented challenging questions and we have enjoyed working to protect your interests. And we’re really excited to see what 2016 will bring. 

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