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- No Skipping Steps? The Burdens of Artistry (July 11, 2018)
- Something in the Way: Online Guitar Tabs and Copyright Law (June 5, 2018)
- On Copyright Limits: MLK, Mickey Mouse, and Sonny Bono (April 4, 2018)
- There is no such thing as a “trademark application” (March 19, 2018)
- The Super Bowl of Unauthorized Celebrity Exploitation (February 5, 2018)
- Those *were* the droids I was looking for! Star Wars and its universe of IP rights (December 11, 2017)
- “Trademark” is not a verb (August 7, 2017)
- No, Gene Simmons is not going to get a Trademark Registration for the “Devil Horns” hand gesture. No. (June 15, 2017)
- Deep in the TC Heartland of Texas: Supreme Court Reverses 25 Years of Patent Venue Practice (June 5, 2017)
- President Donald Trump and Intellectual Property: what can he claim as his? (April 20, 2017)
- Run-DMC sues Amazon and Wal-Mart. Trademark infringement is tricky, tricky, tricky. (January 12, 2017)
- Why You Should Register Your Trademarks (December 12, 2016)
- A ‘Golden’ Opportunity to Talk About Team Names and Trademark Rights (December 9, 2016)
- Trademarks vs. Disparagement (September 30, 2016)
- Olympic Trademarks are Sacred. And Easily Infringed. (August 4, 2016)
- What’s in a name? Houston area law schools now in a trademark dispute (June 29, 2016)
- How do I avoid copyright infringement as a songwriter? (June 2, 2016)
- Hey, Stop Using My Song For Your Campaign! (May 12, 2016)
- Lady Gaga is not famous – according to the Trademark Office (April 21, 2016)
- Stairway to Infringement? Led Zeppelin facing copyright claims (April 19, 2016)
- When Keeping it Real Goes Wrong? The Supreme Court declines to hear the “Madden NFL” appeal. (March 30, 2016)
- “Easter” is a registered trademark. Cease-and-desist all uses? (March 25, 2016)
- In the poker game of life, the USPTO is the rake. (March 16, 2016)
- “Deadpool” and IP: copyrights, character licensing rights, and comic book movie adaptations (March 10, 2016)
- Are sex toys “useful articles” under copyright law? (February 26, 2016)
- Has the OREO trademark become generic? (February 23, 2016)
- Is Donald Trump a cybersquatter? (February 18, 2016)
- Why the NFL does not want you to say “S— B—”… and how the NFL may be wrong (February 2, 2016)
- Is “joke theft” tantamount to copyright infringement? (January 25, 2016)
- Seek and Destroy: Metallica is antagonizing its fan base over IP rights. Again. (January 19, 2016)
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