by Dan Smith | Aug 10, 2021 | Tennessee Trademark Report
Over the course of 4 days last week, from Monday, August 2, through Thursday, August 5, there were 80 trademark applications filed for Tennessee businesses. My two favorites were THRILLBILLIES MOTO CO. and MUDDY MESS CLOTHING. Both of these trademark applications were...
by Dan Smith | Aug 9, 2021 | Trademarks
In today’s episode, I discuss what it means when a USPTO trademark examiner issues a substantive office action claiming that an applicant’s trademark is likely to cause confusion under Section 2(d) of the Trademark Act with an existing federally registered...
by Dan Smith | Aug 8, 2021 | Copyrights
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is better known by its acronym, the DMCA. A DMCA claim is also known as a DMCA Takedown Notice. It is a complaint that a copyright owner makes if there is an alleged copyright violation being made by a website that is infringing on...
by Dan Smith | Aug 7, 2021 | Trademarks
Reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH) is the filing of an UDRP arbitration complaint in bad faith, that is where the complainant knows that there is no basis in fact for the complainant’s claim. If the UDRP panel finds that the complainant is guilty of RDNH, the...
