Erik K Pelton

DECEMBER 20, 2022

The year saw many trademark stories in the news as backlogs continued at the USPTO even while application filing numbers dropped from their all time highs during the two previous years. Here are the biggest trademark stories of 2022 that we have been following at EMP&A. Celebrity trademark messes. Queen of Christmas.

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Trademark Non-Fungible Tokens All Rights Reserved False Advertising 130

Erik K Pelton

OCTOBER 1, 2022

While this podcast is predominantly about trademark issues, I do from time to time like to talk about other intellectual property issues, especially copyright issues. The following is an edited transcript of my video Proper Copyright Notice. In my case, that’s the firm’s business name, Eric M. Pelton & Associates, PLLC.

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Copyright Notice Copyright All Rights Reserved Intellectual Property 147

Plagiarism Today

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Last month, a study published by The Galaxy examined the top 25 most valuable NFT projects and found that, despite many understanding that NFTs transferred either the copyright or the license in the original work, only 1 in 25 of those projects even attempted to do as such. The first problem is that there is no “All Rights Reserved” option.

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Licensing Moral Rights All Rights Reserved Copyright 202

The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

Published in Landslide , Vol. All rights reserved. Supreme Court issued numerous landmark decisions in 2020, among those—for trademark scholars and practitioners— Romag Fasteners, Inc. The Supreme Court first looked to the section of the Lanham Act governing remedies for trademark violations, 15 U.S.C.

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Intellectual Property Contracts Trademark Trademark Law 52