By David Posteraro and Alex Welsh You already know the value of your intellectual property. But are you doing everything you should to protect it? Not if you don’t proactively register your copyrights! As part of your overall brand protection strategy, a regime of...
By David Posteraro Changes are coming for Amazon sellers worldwide. On August 16th, updates to Amazon's Business Solutions Agreement (“BSA”) will take effect. The changes, summarized below, are the result of a year-long process with German regulators. Background. In...
The Third Circuit recently ruled that Amazon could be held liable for defective products sold by the third-party sellers on Amazon.com. This is particularly noteworthy because not only does it mark the first court to find Amazon liable for products sold by third-party...
By Kyle Hutnick In January, 2019, the Cleveland Indians announced their epic decision to remove the Chief Wahoo logo from the team’s uniforms beginning in the 2019 season. But if you thought that was the end of “the Chief,” think again. It is well known that the Chief...
By David Posteraro The Supreme Court this past week agreed to hear two trademark cases next term. In Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc., the Court will decide “whether, when a plaintiff asserts new claims, federal preclusion principles can bar...
By: Kyle Hutnick and David Posteraro The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down a provision of the federal trademark statute that prohibited the registration of “immoral” or “scandalous” trademarks for violating the First Amendment. The case is Iancu v. Brunetti and...
By David Posteraro “Nothing succeeds like address.” - Fran Lebowitz “There is no there there.” - Gertrude Stein, “Everybody’s Autobiography” Building a brand, creating brand acceptance, and engendering brand loyalty takes time, talent, effort and expense. In an...
A recent federal court decision serves as another reminder to manufactures and brands of the importance and benefits of reseller and distribution agreements. These types of agreements govern the relationship between a manufacturer of goods and the reseller of those...
By David Posteraro "Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style – but a particular kind of style. It is the love of the exaggerated, the “off”, of things-being-what-they-are not." - Susan Sontag, Notes on ‘Camp’ In the United States, brand owners acquire common...
You’ve spent years perfecting your products, cultivating trusted suppliers overseas, and establishing your supply chain. You’ve invested thoughtfully in marketing and taken steps to build your brand in the global, e-commerce marketplace. Perhaps you have even...