Size Matters: Facebook Faces Fraud Class Action for Overstating its Massive Potential Reach
On August 15, 2018, plaintiffs filed a putative class action on behalf of advertisers who get less than they pay for when Facebook allegedly overstates its…
USPTO Loses Its-Heads I Win, Tails You Lose Rule re: Attorneys’ Fee Awards
Last year I wrote about the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) taking the position that even when it lost, the other side had to…
It’s Official — Trademarks are “FUCT”
It was only a matter of time. THE “GOOD OLD DAYS” BEFORE DISPARAGING, VULGAR AND SCANDALOUS TRADEMARKS For seventy years the United States Patent and Trademark Office…
USPTO’S Attorney Fee Awards, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
Under the American Rule “each litigant pays his own expense, win or lose, unless a statute or contract provides otherwise.” But recently the United States Patent…
The IP Cons of Fan Conventions
Pop culture fan conventions are huge in the new millennium. “Cons,” as they are often called, have sprung up all over the country and grown into…
