Non-Fungible Trademarks
What's driving a sudden surge in trademark applications related to non-fungible tokens? And what novel trademark issues to NFTs pose?
Trademark Merit Badge
Why Are Girl Scouts’ Samoas sometimes Caramel Delites but Thin Mints are always Thin Mints?
Is Web Scraping Legal?: An Update
An update to our 2018 article about the legal risks of scraping data from third-party websites
California Tobacco and Cannabis Retail Rules
Thanks to both the growth of vaping and the legalization of adult-use cannabis, new smoke shops have been popping up across the Golden...
What's up with the California Consumer Privacy Act
When the CCPA goes into effect at the beginning of 2020, websites will need to be aware of several important new rules.
Intellectual Property Protection for Plant Varietals and Cultivars
Plant varieties can be protected by patents, PVPAs, and/or trademarks.
Is Web Scraping Legal?
Can Internet companies protect their public data from being collected and used by competitors?
The Accidental Hacker: Civil Claims Under the CFAA
Hacking into protected networks. Transmitting viruses. Trafficking in stolen passwords. Identity theft. These are among the federal...
When Does Something Become Public Domain?
How do you know whether a movie, book, musical composition or any other type of creative work is in the public domain?
Mad Online (part 2): Online Defamation
Last week, we took a basic look at libel and slander laws and the types statements that can and can’t be defamatory. This week, we...
