Posted in Copyright, Entertainment, Patents on February 27, 2013
Sherlock, Tiffany, Martha… whether a character, a brand, a person, or some combination thereof, the news this week is about folks you recognize from their first names only. Is Sherlock Holmes a copyrightable character, or is he in the public domain? The famed detective first appeared on the literary scene in 1887, so it seems [...]
Posted in Copyright, Entertainment, Internet, Trademarks on February 20, 2013
Greetings! Seems like the cheese themes just keep coming – along with some music news this week. There is also some excellent news also for student inventors at Purdue. You probably know that sparkling wine must come from a specific region in France in order to be called “champagne.” You may also recall our discussion [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Internet on July 23, 2012
If you’re a fan of video gaming, you may know that Valve and Electronic Arts (“EA”), have been feuding for about a year. (And if you’re not a fan, well, you just learned something new.) Last summer EA introduced its Origin digital download platform. This occurred after Valve had introduced its Steam platform. Apparently Valve [...]
Posted in Copyright, Patents, Trademarks on July 16, 2012
We have talked about ACTA before. The protests in the US, in which major websites like Wikipedia ceased operations for the day in order to demonstrate what the internet would be like if certain content were regulated. The protests in certain European countries while the act was being debated. If it weren’t clear before, it [...]
Posted in Copyright, Entertainment on June 27, 2012
The Diplomatic Conference on the Performance of Audiovisual Performances is taking place in Beijing this week. More than 700 negotiators from 154 countries and 48 international organizations are in Beijing for the conference. It’s a long name that represents a simple concept: actors want a piece of the IP pie. Surprising as it may be, [...]
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, Trademarks on March 1, 2012
SOPA and PIPA were big news last month, bringing IP legal issues to the forefront of American consciousness. This month, it’s ACTA’s turn. ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, is an international agreement that aims to create international standards for legal enforcement for intellectual property rights. ACTA focuses on limiting generic drugs, counterfeit goods, and online [...]
