In business transactions, company assets are often pledged to secure loans or other financing. In some transactions, the intellectual property is as...
Can Key Words be Trademark Infringement?
Google Adwords threw trademark owners into new territory, and not a welcome one for the most part. Website owners could now purchase key words from ...
House Passes Innovation Act
The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 3309 (the Innovation Act). This bill would make dramatic changes to patent enforcement and defense law....
Tracy Jong Law Firm listed in Rochester Business Journal
The Rochester Business Journal’s 2014 Book of Lists was released this week. We are proud to report that Tracy Jong Law Firm is in the top 10 Intel...
Can I Ignore a Settlement Demand Letter? (No)
What You Should Do If You Receive a Settlement Demand Letter for Alleged Copyright Infringement by your Website……… First – Do Not ...
CASE STUDY: Unintentional Trademark Infringement
A New York City entrepreneur loves New York, fine coffee and his coffee shop Everyman Espresso. He also loves tattoos, adorning one on his fingers “...
Ideas For TV Series or Movie
Ideas for a television series or a movie are rather difficult to protect under conventional trade secret law. The law does not allow someone to own an...
A Case Study in Using a Utility Patent to Invalidate a Design Patent on the Same Article of Manufacture: Telebrands Corp v. Del Laboratories, Inc.
A New York federal district court case highlights the importance of having a unified patent strategy, and coordination between the marketing departmen...
Paris Hilton not Flattered by Imitation
Celebrity socialite Paris Hilton launched a line of fragrances and bath products in 2004. Last year, Perfume Palace unveiled its line of fragrance and...
We Don’t Drink that Poison in this Neck of the Woods!
Crown Royal’s purple bag with gold trim is distinctive trade dress that is protected on the Federal Trademark Register. Mexcor, Inc. manufactures an...