Patents

Legendary pop/soul/rock pioneers Hall & Oates have had several groups’ worth of ups and downs as they evolved from a scrappy Philadelphia startup band to the top-selling musical duo in history. From repeated rounds of litigation between the pop icons to doubled-barreled one-finger salutes and hurling water bottles at each other onstage during concerts, these […]

Apple has long been the measure against which all other tech companies are assessed, with an estimated market valuation of over $3 trillion. But now, at the peak of the global holiday season, the tech Titan is pulling two models of its nearly ubiquitous Apple Watch after the International Trade Commission found Apple violated a

A common question that laypeople ask about attorneys is, “Who sues lawyers?”. This question betrays a common misunderstanding about how the legal profession and indeed the legal system as a whole work. Lawyers are people, just like anyone else, and they have the same right of access to the legal system to address and resolve

Since Dr. Seuss (aka Theodore Geisel) first penned How the Grinch Stole Christmas in 1957, the green meanie with a hatred for holidays and Whos alike has become one of the most iconic antiheroes of the holiday season. But the Grinch’s popularity means that a lot of people, including photographers, are trying to capitalize on

The much-anticipated sixth outing in the Grand Theft Auto (hereinafter GTA) video game series has already attracted more than its fair share of controversy. Now, Lawrence Sullivan, better known to the public as the “Florida Joker” after a widely publicized arrest in 2017, is suing Rockstar Games, the studio behind the GTA franchise, for $2

When the University of Houston Cougars debuted their new powder blue uniforms with red and white trim for the 2023-2024 football season on September 2nd, 2023, they were thinking about heritage, history, homage, and lineage. After all, the city of Houston has a long and proud history of association with football, starting in 1959, when

After companies like Microsoft, Google, Adobe, Tesla, and Github invested an estimated $92 billion in AI R&D in 2022 alone (think a number somewhere between the GDP of Bulgaria and Guatemala to put this in perspective), they are now seemingly taking bold stances AGAINST their own innovations. The latest tech giant to speak up is

A banner headline on NBCSports.com recently blared, “Deion Sanders Is Cornering the Market on Trademarks.” I got curious about what 2 time Super Bowl Hall-of-Famer Neon Deion is up to that provoked the headline, and took a deeper look. But is what he’s doing with his trademark filings really that unusual, and does the clickbaity

False advertising suits are on the rise again. From boneless “wings” to skimpy tacos to wimpy burgers, consumers are fighting back against what they perceive as deceptive advertising practices. Now Starbucks has been added to the roster of major food and beverage companies that are having to defend their practices in court. Are these suits

Keira Knightley has long been known as a trendsetter in Hollywood. Now, the 38-year-old actor and Pirates of the Caribbean alum is making waves in a new way, proposing to file for intellectual property protection for her voice and likeness. Knightley says the primary goal is to ensure that AI cannot legally replicate her face,