Verna Law Blog - Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law

More Thoughts on the Higbee, PicRights, Oppenheimer, KodakOne, Pixsy, and Photoclaim Demand Letters

In our previous blog post about copyright demand letters, we discussed some ways to respond to the letters. Since then, I have complied some questions that this firm has received about these letters. Should you have any questions about a copyright demand letter that...

The Transformative Power of Trademarks: LGBTQ+ Affirmation in the Post-Tam Era

In a groundbreaking move over the last few years, the U.S. Supreme Court, through its decisions in Matal v. Tam and Iancu v. Brunetti, paved the way for the federal registration of disparaging, immoral, or scandalous trademarks. This legal shift sparked a spectrum of...

Defending the Trademark Infringement Lawsuit: Have You Prepared to Lose?

This is not the most typical advice you will see on a law firm website. Litigation is about parties coming to fight in a courtroom about who is right and who is wrong. That said, sometimes, you need to prepare to lose. Maybe a defendant did not know of the Plaintiff...

Pornhub Sends a Cease-and-Desist Letter to a Restaurant

The parent company of Pornhub is demanding that a restaurant in the East Village of New York City change its logo. Mindgeek, the parent company, sent a cease-and-desist letter to the restaurant last month. The letter stated that this could cause confusion among...