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Episode 16 – How Small Businesses Fail and Why It’s Too Important

by anthony verna | Nov 1, 2015 | Business Law, Law & Business Podcast

Episode 16 of the “Law & Business” podcast is about How Small Businesses Fail and Why It’s Too Important. Anthony Verna sat down with Jim Huerta of the Nessa Group,

Victory in a TTAB Motion

by anthony verna | Oct 17, 2015 | Business Law, Litigation, Trademark Law

On October 1, 2015, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board froze the calendar for Lacroix vs. Christian LaCroix Snc., TTAB Cancellation No. 91201563. This came on the heels of the defendant's filing a motion for sanctions on April 29, 2015, which was only 20 days after...

Episode 15 – Games for Promotions and Daily Fantasy Sports

by anthony verna | Oct 7, 2015 | Advertising Law, Business Law, Law & Business Podcast

The newest trend is daily fantasy sports.

Taking a step back, what makes a game used in promotion not gambling? And what, then, makes a daily fantasy sports business model not gambling?

In order to use a game for promotion, the sponsor of the game must remove one of three key elements of the game:

Chance
Prize
Consideration

So, daily fantasy sports like Draft Kings and Fan Duel must be able to do that in order to run a non-gambling game.

But those games also must have a set of rules and must also be run fairly, with a level playing field.

Would you like to run a game in order to promote your business? Call or send an e-mail. 914-358-6401 or anthony@vernalaw.com

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Episode 14 – The sale of 4chan and Internet Privacy

by anthony verna | Oct 3, 2015 | Advertising Law, Business Law, Law & Business Podcast

In Episode 14 of the “Law & Business” podcast, Anthony and Oz Sultan (Sultan Interactive Group LLC) talk about the sale of 4chan and how that intersects with Internet privacy.

Internet privacy is an oxymoron. Any website that is accessible for free means that there’s a product involved. (In this particular case, it is the services of Verna Law, P.C.) In many cases, if there is user-generated content, the content and the user are the products. Meaning that the website can only monetize by keeping track of the users and understanding the users’ behavior, and, ultimately, selling that information to other websites that need the same information.

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Episode 13 – Three Internet Policy Thoughts – Business and Legal Management

by anthony verna | Apr 30, 2015 | Business Law, Copyright Law, Law & Business Podcast, Lawsuit, Litigation, Trademark Law

Episode 13 of the "Law & Business" podcast welcomes Oz Sultan again. In this episode, Oz and Anthony talk about three internet policy thoughts. Domain Name Issues Management and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Economic Rationals for Enforcement Also - was...

Episode 12 – Comic Books, Geek Life, and Trademark & Copyright Law

by anthony verna | Apr 29, 2015 | Business Law, Copyright Law, Law & Business Podcast, Lawsuit, Trademark Law

In Episode 12 - Comic Books, Geek Life, and Trademark & Copyright Law, Jim Cushing joins Anthony Verna to talk about comic books, some history of comic books (Jim and Anthony let their geek sides out), and the intellectual property issues of comic books. A...

Episode 11 – Film, Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property Issues

by anthony verna | Apr 17, 2015 | Business Law, Copyright Law, Law & Business Podcast, Litigation, Trademark Law

Anthony Verna and Daron Jenkins talk about film, entrepreneurship and creating a business, and intellectual property issues. Topics included: Dreaming without money Business plans Originality Expressions of ideas/Copyright law Protection of expressions of ideas...

Episode 10 – Social Media and Legal Issues

by anthony verna | Apr 17, 2015 | Business Law, Law & Business Podcast, Trademark Law

Oz Sultan joins the "Law & Business" podcast to speak with Anthony Verna about social media and legal issues. How do businesses use social media? What is the changing face of social media? How do business interact with customers and potential customers...

Episode 9: Three Ways in Which Business Hurt Themselves in Online Marketing

by anthony verna | Dec 24, 2014 | Business Law, Law & Business Podcast, Trademark Law

Episode 9: Three Ways in Which Business Hurt Themselves in Online Marketing In this episode, I speak with Darcy Knapp, who is an Search Engine Optimization Expert and consultant, about the issues that businesses have in marketing themselves online, especially in...

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