Welcome to Issue 4 of the Dorsey Legal Arcade, our newsletter chronicling legal developments impacting the video game industry. At Dorsey & Whitney LLP, we have a strong international practice and an interest in changes in...more
3/2/2023
/ Augmented Reality ,
China ,
Emerging Technologies ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
eSports ,
Gaming ,
Loot Boxes ,
Online Gaming ,
Online Safety for Children ,
Video Games ,
Virtual Reality
Twelve years after the Federal Circuit’s landmark In re Bose decision on fraud, the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”) has answered one of the questions not reached by Bose: whether reckless disregard of the truth...more
12/2/2021
/ Fraud ,
Incontestability Clauses ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Material Misrepresentation ,
Objective Falsity ,
Reckless Disregard ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
A recent Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”) decision provided long-awaited guidance for challenging .SUCKS domain names. Sanofi v. Privacy Hero Inc./Honey Salt, ltd, which was decided by a three arbitrator...more
Even devoted comic book fans and other true believers might not know that the term “Comic-Con” is meant to refer to the king of comic conventions - the San Diego Comic Convention (“SDCC”) - not all comic conventions in...more
In the music world, performance rights organizations (“PROs”) serve an intermediary function between songwriters and music publishers and third parties who perform the protected works publicly. Among the largest PROs in the...more
1/3/2020
/ ASCAP ,
BMI ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Infringement ,
IP License ,
License Agreements ,
Music Industry ,
Public Performance Rights ,
Royalties ,
SESAC ,
The Copyright Act
Earlier this year the United States Patent and Trademark Office proposed a rule requiring foreign-domiciled trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Proceedings to be represented by...more
Back in July 2017, the United States Patent and Trademark Office proposed a Streamlined Cancellation Proceeding (“SCP”) to expedite cancellation proceedings for challenges to registrations of allegedly unused marks. Following...more
A lesser-known feature of selecting a TRUMP-branded property as a wedding venue is that the President himself may decide to crash your wedding. It also may end up leading to a substantial copyright law development,...more
1/4/2019
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Instagram ,
IP Litigation ,
Media ,
Motion for Summary Judgment ,
Photographs ,
Publishers ,
Social Networks ,
Unfair Competition
Coffee addicts and meme fanatics are slightly less caffeinated and slightly less entertained after a California federal district court recently ruled that Grenade Beverage, LLC infringed the intellectual property rights of...more
Fan boys and fan girls may soon see changes to the names of their favorite pop culture events given a federal jury’s recent ruling that the term “Comic-Con” is not generic, but instead a valid, federally-registered trademark...more
In its latest effort to clear deadwood from the Trademark Register, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes an expedited version of a cancellation...more