Preparing copyright applications for clients can lead to tough questions, such as, “Does this book only contain your original work? Not original work from a third party?” I always review the complete, submitted work that is the subject of a copyright application for...
Crystal Broughan, Intellectual Property Attorney
Webinar: What You Should Do to Prepare for the FY22 H-1B Cap Season
https://youtu.be/0zP6eZnCMP0 The time is now to finalize your cases for the FY22 H-1B Cap Season. This webinar will break down: the fundamentals of the H-1B cap process the registration process the timelines and action plan examples of current challenges, and tips...
Jim Moran Institute For Global Entrepreneurship Small Business Executive Program in Jacksonvillle
Are you a small business owner who has been in business for more than three years? Do you need help with strategic planning, digital marketing, financial analysis, protection of intellectual property, human resource issues, or succession planning? If so, you may be...
Supreme Court Rules Brunetti Has Right to Register Scandalous Trademark
We have been following the story of the trademark application for FUCT that was originally filed with the USPTO in May 2011, in Class 25 for clothing, all the way to the US Supreme Court. Erik Brunetti, the owner of the trademark FUCT, challenged the...
Scandalous Trademarks: The Government Strikes Back
Back in March of this year, I wrote about Erik Brunetti successfully arguing to the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that he should be approved to register the mark “Fuct” for clothing items, in part because the provision under the Lanham Act preventing him...
Simon Tam’s Journey to the U.S. Supreme Court
Recently, I had the pleasure of attending the Defense Research Institute (DRI) Intellectual Property Litigation seminar in Denver, Colorado. Simon Tam was one of the featured speakers and he spoke about his journey to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Tam v Matal....
Can You Trademark Disparaging and Scandalous Words?
Two major court cases in 2017 asked the question: can the government prohibit the registration of trademarks that may be considered defamatory or offensive? In 1905, The Trademark Act forbid the registration of scandalous and immoral trademarks. Then, in 1946, section...