Category: Trademark

What’s Up With the M22 Trademark?

What’s Up With the M22 Trademark?

What’s up with the M22 trademark? John DiGiacomo explains trademark law, and how M22 can trademark a sign that’s in the public domain. For more information about trademark services or how Revision Legal can assist with your trademark issue, please use the contact form on this page, or call us at 1-855-473-8474.

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Stronger Trade Secret Protections In View

Stronger Trade Secret Protections In View

The House recently passed a bill that provides a federal remedy for the theft of company trade secrets. The bill passed easily with a 410-2 vote in favor, sending the bill on to receive President Obama’s signature. The Senate approved the bill with no objections on April 4 (87-0). Trade secrets are similar to patents, […]

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Kylie v. Kylie: Who Has Rights To A Name?

Kylie v. Kylie: Who Has Rights To A Name?

Since celebrities realized that they could capitalize on their names and personas, they have tried to cultivate, protect, and display certain images that are associated with them. While this is not a new practice, trademarking one’s own name is. Kylie Jenner, an affluent 18-year-old socialite who has created an empire of products and appearances based […]

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How Bad Can It Be? Penalties Under the SCPA

How Bad Can It Be? Penalties Under the SCPA

Over $30 million in damages, with an additional $6 million in interest and costs. That’s the price Clear Logic, Inc found itself paying after losing an infringement claim under the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act (“SCPA”). In 2005, the Ninth Circuit Court affirmed a case coming out of the Northern District of California regarding an infringement […]

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The SCPA: Semiconductor Chip Protection

The SCPA: Semiconductor Chip Protection

Not really Copyright law and not really Patent law, but somewhere in between: this is where the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act (“SCPA”) stands in US intellectual property law. In 1992 a case came before the Federal Circuit Court that resulted in a detailed explanation of the SCPA and a look at what Congress really intended.Brooktree […]

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Why Should I Register a Trademark?

Why Should I Register a Trademark?

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 […]

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VARA and the Moral Right to Art

VARA and the Moral Right to Art

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 […]

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