The legal standard that is used to determine whether you could be infringing by using the name you picked is called "likelihood of confusion." The...

Copyright law protects authors of creative work and gives authors the exclusive right to copy and share their works, but there’s an important...

The old Miami dolphins logo may be protected by registered copyright or trademarks. Both copyright and trademark law allow certain "fair uses" of...

You can file a US copyright application for musical work, which covers a song’s underlying composition along with any accompanying lyrics. You...

Adding a word to a trademark is not automatically enough to make it a new, protectable mark. The USPTO (and courts) look at “likelihood of...

You should be cautious about selling garden flags with the phrase “Akron Marathon Finisher.” Even if “Akron Marathon” itself isn’t a federally...

I actually wrote an article for Bloomberg Law earlier this year exploring a similar question. Like the other attorneys have pointed out, authors...

The title of a single song typically cannot be trademarked because it does not function as a “source identifier” for goods or services (the...

My instinct is maybe the competitor could potentially sue on trade secret grounds. This competitor could try to assert a trade secret...

I would add that it is important to not ignore the letter, although the 7-day deadline is likely intended to pressure your response and is usually...