Texas creators might be familiar with copyright law, which gets extended every few years and lasts for a long time. However, it's been a few years since copyright law was extended, which allowed things to start entering the public domain again in 2019. Once a work...
Trademark & Copyright
How teams settle trademark disputes
Trademarks in Texas need to be identifiable and unique. Businesses in your area are competing for the identities they have, so slogans, branded images and trademarks have to stand out and be appealing. Your strategy, however, achieves nothing if someone already has...
Consider filing a trademark opposition to protect your brand
As a small business owner in Texas, you work hard to protect the intellectual property of your company, so when you see a competing company infringing, you need to spring into action. The public needs to know that a particular product or group of products is yours,...
Guitar manufacturers IP dispute allowed to continue
A tense trademark dispute between two guitar manufacturers will be allowed to continue. Gibson, the legendary guitar company based in Nashville, sued the Florida-based manufacturer Armadillo for trademark infringement. The suit, filed in the Eastern District of Texas,...
Why should businesses register their trademarks?
Trademarks are important to businesses that wish to distinguish themselves from their competitors. In cutthroat markets, trademarks may be the saving identifiers that help businesses rise above others for brand recognition. A trademark is a word, symbol, or other...
Chain files intellectual property lawsuit against drink company
In Texas, businesses and innovators spend a great deal of time and money trying to create a product or brand that will be recognizable, trusted and help them to enhance their profits. When they have a known entity and another company or individual tries to use it...
“Fortnite” game maker sued for alleged trademark infringement
Intellectual property can be extremely valuable for you business. In fact, in many instances it’s your trademarks and copyrights that set you apart from your competition. However, in order to enjoy the benefits of trademark and copyright protection, you have to be...
Don’t let your trade dress go unprotected
There’s no doubt that intellectual property can set your business apart from your competitors. However, intellectual property is often only as valuable as it is policed. If you don’t catch a trademark infringer, for example, then you won’t be able to stop them and...
Booking a Trademark: How One Company is Attempting to Change Trademark Law
It is a long held principle of trademark law that generic terms cannot be registered for protection with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This principle has been challenged time and time again and time and time again the principle has been...
Supreme Court Rolls Back Ban on Immoral and Scandalous Trademarks
In 2017, The Supreme Court decided a controversial trademark case regarding free speech, Matal v. Tam. The Lanham Act, the Act relating to trademarks, established a prohibition against the registration of trademarks containing “immoral”, “scandalous”, or “disparaging”...
