Marvel has registered a Trademark for the phrase" Spirit of Vengeance" for comic book, printed periodicals in the field of comic book stories and artwork, downloadable electronic publications , and education and entertainment service. Sometimes such trademark are registered to see off competitive names but our experiences is that this means Marvel has a [...]
The Trademark application that Matt Hardy filed back in March over the "Broken Matt Hardy" trademark was rejected by U.S.P.T.O. This news comes just after Impact Wrestling President Ed Nordholm publicly stated they have full ownership over the broken characters. Hardy has six month to respond to the refusal by office. Following details of [...]
INTA is the global association of trademark owners and professionals dedicated to supporting trademarks and related intellectual property. The Association’s member organizations represent 30,000 trademark professionals and include brand owners from major corporations as well as both small and medium-sized enterprises, law firms and non-profits. There are also government agency members as well as [...]
According to the complaint in the Chipotle case, in 2006, a photographer approached the plaintiff outside of a Chipotle restaurant and asked her to sign a consent form about some photographs taken inside the restaurant. The woman refused, but in 2014 and 2015, she found a photograph of herself edited into promotional materials placed [...]
Trade secrets are important to cybersecurity because many data breaches involve trade secret theft. The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) amended the Espionage Act of 1996 to provide a federal private right of action for trade secret misappropriation. Some commentators opposed the DTSA in part because it seems redundant in light of [...]
Attorney AJ Wenn of Ward Law office had the distinct pleasure of meeting The slant yesterday evening, at an event hosted by the Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA). The Slant is an Asian American band involved in the recent supreme court case of Lee v. Tam. In this case, Simon Tam sought to [...]
