Sat.May 01, 2021

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Trademark War for THE. Can it be Trademarked?

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Battle for -“THE”! The Word “THE” is a very important word used in the English language without which any sentence would be incomplete. However to trademark the same would be quite difficult due to it being very generic in nature. In order for “THE” to be trademarked it must be used with other additional words to make it more unique and less generic.

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Suing an Architect or Engineer for Malpractice—How Soon?

GDB Firm Blog

The deadline for commencing a lawsuit for architectural or engineering malpractice is three years from when the claim accrues. But when does the claim accrue? It depends if you have a contract or are, instead, a "stranger to the contract." But just how strange do you have to be?

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Trademark War for THE

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Battle for -“THE”! The Word “THE” is a very important word used in the English language without which any sentence would be incomplete. However to trademark the same would be quite difficult due to it being very generic in nature. In order for “THE” to be trademarked it must be used with other additional words to make it more unique and less generic.

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New York's Rent Relief Program has Strings Attached for Landlords

GDB Firm Blog

For more than a year, many landlords have struggled to pay bills and maintain their properties due to the lack of rent payments from their tenants (whether unable or unwilling to do so). Relief may soon come to both tenants and landlords through $2.4 billion in combined federal and state emergency funds set aside in this year's state budget signed on April 16, 2021.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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Trademark War for THE

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Battle for -“THE”! The Word “THE” is a very important word used in the English language without which any sentence would be incomplete. However to trademark the same would be quite difficult due to it being very generic in nature. In order for “THE” to be trademarked it must be used with other additional words to make it more unique and less generic.

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ICYMI: Maryland’s Digital Advertising Tax

Above the Fold

In case you missed it, Maryland became the first state back in February to pass a digital advertising services tax into law (and over the governor’s veto no less). The law, titled Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax, is designed to tax annual gross revenues derived from “digital advertising services” (meaning advertisements on a digital interface like a website or app) in the state.