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It is a lot easier to steal a laptop than it is to hack into a corporate database. The Internet erupts every time a hacker compromises data of millions of customers, but it remains silent when a laptop containing data of thousands of employees is stolen. However, that is not the case when an athletic […]
Ray and Amanda Tears Smith wanted to patent a game that was a variation of blackjack. The game utilized standard playing cards, but incorporated a new set of rules. The Patent and Trademark Office found this game ineligible for a patent. Patent-eligible subject matter is defined as “any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or […]
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Bay State Brewing Company, Inc. sought to trademark TIME TRAVELER BLONDE for “beer.” The Trademark Examining Attorney refused registration because it too closely resembled the already registered mark, TIME TRAVELER, registered by A&S Brewing. The registered mark is also for “beer,” and includes “ale and lager.” Bay State conceded that there is a likelihood of […]
CJ LaBoy and Doug Hendrickson served as sports agents for Octagon. Both signed agreements with NFL players to serve as the players’ representatives in contract negotiations with NFL teams. In exchange, the players agreed to provide the sports agents with a percentage of the negotiated contract. In turn, Plaintiffs agreed to provide this fee to […]
Everyone has seen the picture of Michael Jordan crying at his Hall of Fame induction, as it is being used on memes everywhere. Can the use of this photo in a meme get you sued? Copyright law grants exclusive rights of an original work to its creator, in this case the Associated Press. Of course […]
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Virtual private networks (“VPNs”) and other blocking proxies allow users to hide their IP address in order to make themselves appear to be in another country. People do this in order to access content not otherwise accessible in their country. For instance, Netflix provides different shows and movies depending on the country in which one […]
Kyle Bauer has long worked in the fitness industry and recently founded ReNew You, a fitness club in Houston, Texas. But now his former employer, the nationwide fitness chain Life Time Fitness Inc., is coming after him for allegedly misappropriating trade secrets as well as for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and tortious […]
On December 4, 2015, Ricardo and Vanessa Virgil filed a Class Action Complaint in the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York against Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. based on the company “collecting, storing, using, disclosing, and disseminating” individuals’ biometric identifiers and biometric information. Take-Two is the publisher, developer, and distributor of […]