As of December 1, 2016, the U.S. Copyright Office will decrease the fee to register an agent to receive “takedown” notices under the DMCA from $105 to $6, pursuant to a new regulation. There will be additional changes, and everyone
The First Amendment does not require the government to support disparaging speech, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) argued in its opening brief filed last week in the “Slants” trademark case currently pending before the Supreme Court. Lee v.
The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) is amending its Rules of Practice, effective January 14, 2017.
On October 7, 2016, TTAB published a notice of final rulemaking in the Federal Register describing the revisions. The new changes are
On October 25, 2016, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) announced its release of a new section to its Code of Advertising to address The term “native advertising” describes ads where the “design style and functionality of commercial messages mimic related
