Sports gambling has seen a rapid increase in popularity over the years. Companies such as Draft Kings make millions of dollars every year through online fantasy sports gambling, and states want their cut. Recently the State of New Jersey repealed a law that made it...
Month: April 2018
Shave and Infringement: Two Bits
LeBron James’s media company, Uninterrupted, has recently sent a cease and desist order to The University of Alabama (UA) regarding UA’s “Shop Talk” web series. Uninterrupted claims that UA unlawfully copied protectable elements of Lebron’s hit web series, “The Shop,”...
FCC Under Trump Changes Course on Cyber Security
Cyber security is an issue that touches every device that sends data to another device. In today’s technological climate, where Russian hackers can influence a foreign election through social media, every US adults’ social security numbers can be stolen from Equifax,...
How Adidas Put the Shoe on the Other Foot in Trademark Battle
German sportsware giant Adidas is well known for strongly enforcing its three-striped shoe trademark. Adidas puts their foot down on almost any shoe that contains horizontal stripes. It has sued Gucci, Payless Shoes, and Forever 21 in the US over the use of stripes in...
