by Jason LaCosse | Feb 28, 2012 | Internet
This past Monday, November 26, 2012 marked “Cyber Monday,” a recently established tradition identified with the Monday following the U.S. Thanksgiving weekend, where consumers tend to escalate their online holiday shopping activities. In what may...
by Jason LaCosse | Mar 3, 2011 | Uncategorized
It is fairly well known that the framers of the United States Constitution had a profound respect for intellectual property, and that Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution explicitly establishes copyrights and patents on a federal scope: ...
by Jason LaCosse | Jun 26, 2012 | Internet
On June 13, 2012, in what was referred to as “Reveal Day” for the new generic Top-Level Domain program, ICANN posted the names of the 1,930 proposed gTLDs together with applicant information for applications received in the first application window. For...
by Jason LaCosse | May 27, 2009 | Trademark
Until recent times, countries like Brazil, Russia, India, and China have sometimes been viewed by foreign brand owners as offering insufficient trademark protection. Increasingly, however, the economic successes of these rapidly developing economies appear to be...
by Jason LaCosse | Oct 31, 2008 | Patent
Earlier this year, Gibson Guitar Corp. became involved in litigation related to the enforcement of its patents against the makers and retailers of the GUITAR HERO video game. With the emergence of the GUITAR HERO video game into the...
