This post serves as a two-way warning, to photographers online and to online publications that use copyrighted photos. Tiny House Listings LLC, a company whose founder is based in Wilmington, NC, faces a copyright infringement complaint for use of a Texas...
Month: October 2021
Intellectual Property – Valuable Assets In a Business: SBRN Legal Panel
Are you a business owner? Do you know what intellectual property assets are owned by your business? If you are unclear on the answer to the second question, you might benefit from attending the Small Business Resource Network’s October 28th lunch meeting. You will...
Dolly Parton Faces Opposition from Dolly Madison in Trademark Classification
One would think that Dolly Parton can have whatever trademark registration she likes. The singer’s multi-decades career almost guarantees recognition by a majority of the US population -- if not the world. However, a current dispute between the singer and Dolly...
Fighting For the Teardrop: Hershey Threatens Trademark Infringement
Hershey Co. has threatened a trademark infringement lawsuit against a California keto-cookie brand known as The Cookie Department. The alleged infringement stems from a shape that most of us know (and some of us love), the iconic teardrop shape of a chocolate chip. As...