Call 855-808-4530 or email [email protected] to receive your discount on a new subscription.
At the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), the trademark examining attorneys and administrative judges of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) are tasked with reviewing trademark applications to ensure that they are in good form and that the applied-for mark is eligible for federal trademark registration. Examiners and judges are guided in their review by several policies including the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051 et seq., the federal statute governing trademark law in the United States and the USPTO’s trademark rules of practice and trademark manual of examining procedure or TMEP, among others.
Continue reading by getting
started with a subscription.
Ninth Circuit Focuses On Extrinsic Test In Ruling On Choreography Copyright
By Stan Soocher
Reversing and remanding, the Ninth Circuit emphasized: “The district court’s approach of reducing choreography to ‘poses’ is fundamentally at odds with the way we analyze copyright claims for other art forms, like musical compositions.”
AI’s Growing Impact On the Gaming Industry
By Katherine A. Baker, Jeffrey M. Kelly and Joshua L. Kirschner
The gaming and wagering sector has begun to cross paths with artificial intelligence technology in ways both predictable and unforeseen. As with other industries, AI technology inevitably has found its way into various components of the gaming experience. What is striking, however, is how AI is revolutionizing gaming for operators, regulators, suppliers and patrons alike.
Student Athletes Try to Form Labor Union
By Jeffrey Campolongo and Scott M. Badami
Does the ability to receive remuneration for being a college athlete mean that the students are deemed employees of the university? Do employment laws apply? Are labor laws enforced? Does OSHA enter the equation? What about HIPAA concerns relating to medical conditions and injuries?
By Entertainment Law & Finance Staff
A look at moves among attorneys, law firms, companies and other players in entertainment law.