If you’re like me, your house and office are strewn with boxes from Amazon.com. Love them or hate them, they’ve been successful, owning about a quarter of all U.S. online retail sales. But who should own the new domain “.amazon?” Our friends at ICANN (say it with me: “The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers”) are currently weighing that question.
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Does Copyright Protect Jokes?
August 11, 2015
People, our nation is facing a crime wave. And the crime…is joke theft. That’s right. There are dubious elements in society who want to pass off others’ jokes as their own. Is the law prepared to deal with this existential challenge to the fabric of our society? Or, to put it another way: Does Copyright Protect Jokes?
Trademark Question: Can You Use Another Company’s Trademark As A Hashtag?
August 4, 2015
Hashtags: No matter how hard you might try, they just won’t go away. And there’s undeniable value in using hashtags to draw eyeballs to a social media post. Companies of all sizes and descriptions are leveraging hashtags to get their message out there. Which leads to today’s trademark question: can you use another company’s trademark as a hashtag?
5 Legal Tips for Periscope Users
July 28, 2015
There’s a lot of speculation that live-streaming apps like Periscope, which is owned by Twitter, will be a big part of the next wave of social media. What do Periscope users need to know to stay out of legal trouble? This blog post can’t cover every last potential issue, but here are a few important things for Periscope users to know.
