by W. John Eagan | Sep 6, 2022 | Blog, Copyright
A number of artificial intelligence image generators have seen a rise in popularity lately due in part to the increasing availability of access to various platforms. Their ability to generate images from text prompts raises numerous possibilities and questions, not...
by W. John Eagan | Jan 10, 2022 | Blog, Trademark
One basic tenet of trademark law is that rights are territorial. One interesting example of this principal is the ongoing dispute between Bacardi and the government of Cuba pertaining to “HAVANA CLUB” rum. The Havana Club rum brand was nationalized by the Cuban...
by W. John Eagan | Feb 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
The fires of the long running trade dispute between Antigua and the U.S., previously blogged about here, were recently stoked by the January 21, 2013 Speech from the Throne. In it, Governor General Dame Louise Lake-Tack reiterated the intent to suspend TRIPS...
by W. John Eagan | Oct 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
Copyright and trademark registrations have long held at least one advantage over patents, the © and ® symbols which efficiently denote registered intellectual property. Proper marking of patented articles requires display of the word “Patent” or...
by W. John Eagan | Oct 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which will take effect after being passed into law and signed by each country, is intended to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, and includes a wide range of provisions. With respect to intellectual property,...
