On Wednesday, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) cancelled six trademark registrations of D.C.’s beloved football team, the Washington Redskins, finding the term “Redskins” included in these trademarks disparaging to…

We are entering a new frontier for domain names, and opportunities and risks abound. This new frontier is being forged by the rollout of new “generic top-level” domain names, or “gTLDs” (these are the identifiers that appear to the right…

In a key legal victory for Google Inc., a federal appellate court in New York has ruled that the Google Books Library Project is protected by the Fair Use doctrine of Copyright Law.  The decision ends years of litigation surrounding…

The song “Happy Birthday to You” boasts a number of accolades including the most sung melody in history and the most popular song of the 20th Century.  While many believe that this iconic song was created out of folk tradition,…

In the ever increasing mobile world, the mobile application industry has developed into one of the fastest growing and highest earning industries with the four top app stores worldwide (Apple App Store, Google Play, Windows Phone Store, and BlackBerry App…

Although it may be easy to circulate a photo posted on Twitter, a federal judge’s recent ruling makes it clear that a photographer still owns his copyright in an original “tweeted” photo, and third parties other than Twitter cannot…