Have you ever been served a DMCA Takedown Notice? This legal tool was created by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in 1998 to protect intellectual property on the internet. But decades down the road, we’ve seen that some internet users experience DMCA abuse –...
Month: February 2023
Is Abortion Speech Protected by the First Amendment?
We know that the Supreme Court overturning of Roe v. Wade affects abortion rights throughout the nation. But is abortion speech protected by the First Amendment even if it’s banned in certain states? The new state-by-state nature of abortion law is what renders...
Patent Illustration Renderings Show Possible Next Generation Toyota Tacoma
A new design for what may be the next Toyota Tacoma has surfaced recently from the springboard of a patent filed in Brazil. Some clever person on the internet created patent illustration renderings from the filing’s detailed drawings (as many good patent applications...
First Amendment Complications of AZ HB2319: Restricting Filming of Police
Even though case law is well settled, the debate over the filming of police as a First Amendment right continues. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals recently reinstated a lawsuit, ruling that civilian videos of police are protected by the constitution: “[The...
When Government Officials Use Private Texts and Emails
Are you allowed to read the private texts and emails of public officials? Absolutely, if they count as public records. With the advent of smartphones and laptops, personal devices have become entangled with official communications, and government devices have become...
What Is the Protecting Intellectual Property Act?
At the beginning of this year, President Biden signed the Protecting American Intellectual Property Act into law. We already have laws protecting intellectual property assets, as well as measures to punish those who flout those laws: civil lawsuits, the U.S....
Can You Copyright a Font? “Blooming Elegant” Designer Confronts Zazzle
If you have ever opened a wedding invitation from Zazzle, you have likely crossed paths with the Blooming Elegant font, a curly typeface in the “handwritten” family. Well, until recently. Its disappearance from the website last summer at the behest of its designer...
What Employers Need to Know About the FY2024 H-1B Cap Season!
H-1B visa program background The H-1B visa program allows U.S. employers to petition to obtain a work visa (H-1B) for highly specialized foreign workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher in the specific specialty such as architecture, engineering, mathematics,...