Posted in Copyright, Entertainment, Internet on April 30, 2012
Do you stream videos on your computer, iPad, or smart phone? Most of us do. Did you know that streaming might soon become illegal? The one year anniversary of the Felony Commercial Streaming Act is upon us. Three senators introduced the bill last year, and since that time it has been steadily making its way [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Internet, Unfair Competition on April 24, 2012
In a format as new as e-books, it’s strange to think that you can already say “Remember when?” But, remember when e-books used to max out at $9.99 per book? While there are now many e-books that cost less (not to mention all the free books in the public domain), most new releases and bestsellers [...]
Posted in Copyright, Internet, Trademarks on April 20, 2012
Have you heard of Operation In Our Sites? It is a silly pun, but it’s also an initiative between multiple branches of government that aims to stop the distribution of counterfeit and pirated goods over the Internet. Is it a good idea? It depends on who you ask. Operation In Our Sites has been criticized [...]
Posted in Copyright, Internet, Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition on April 19, 2012
Resident blogger and Tamaroff Law co-founder, David Tamaroff, was recently published in the Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law. Tamaroff’s article, Bottling the Free Flow of Information: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and EU Database Protection, analyzes the current protection of databases in the United States and the European Union, and tackles [...]
Posted in Copyright, Internet, Patents, Trademarks on April 13, 2012
The White House report on intellectual property enforcement came out last week. Here are a few highlights: The public was widely against the SOPA Act – and so was the White House. The report acknowledges that online piracy is a serious and ongoing concern, but says that the Obama administration “will not support legislation that [...]
In the past year several groups have begun to use mass copyright litigation to extract large settlements from Internet service account subscribers. These copyright trolls improperly target hundreds or even thousands of unrelated “John Doe defendants” who are identified only by their unique Internet Protocol (“IP”) address. After initiating suit, the copyright trolls issue subpoenas to third-party [...]
Posted in Trade Secrets, Trademarks on April 4, 2012
Syms and Filene’s Basement declared bankruptcy last fall and have since gone out of business. As is somewhat common when bankruptcy is declared, the company is auctioning off some of its assets. Yet what’s a little less common is that the companies are planning to auction off their intellectual property. Both brands have plenty. Syms [...]
