October 31, 2025
When a sound product connects to a firm's identity, it becomes a differentiator that facilitates competition.
October 19, 2025
More competition or or more protection became an issue when a snackmaker wanted to eliminate a copycate product.
June 2, 2025
Whether it's a deli sandwich or a cookie or cracker package, look-alike products can wind up in court if they are too similar.
September 22, 2023
We can look at record catalog sales to see how musicians guarantee current income rather than waiting for possible future earnings.
August 14, 2023
We have a federal state contradiction when a business cannot get a marijuana trademark because it's (legally) selling a Schedule 1 substance.
October 31, 2021
Using securitization as an upfront payment to musicians for future royalties, Bowie Bonds were a Wall Street innovation.
March 22, 2021
November 24, 2019
Included in a long list of color trademarks, magenta belongs to T-Mobile but the precise hue and the industry where it's owned have been challenged.
May 13, 2019
Lay's Potato Chips became more than a snack when PepsiCo decided that a group of nine Indian farmers should not grow its special potatoes.
August 20, 2018
Looking at who did not pay Aretha Franklin for "Respect," we can see why music copyright law is being rewritten by the Congress.