More than 3,000 trademark infringement lawsuits are filed each year in U.S. district courts. These actions are expensive, as trademark infringement litigation that advances to trial can cost anywhere from $375,000 to $2 million per case.
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The Lanham Act provides for several bans on federal registration of a trademark, including marks that are misdescriptive, or those including a living person’s name without their consent. This prevents applicants from registering marks that may cause legal issues in the future, based on the trademark examiner’s review of the mark.
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On any given day at a football practice at Sanford Stadium, home of the UGA Bulldog football team, starting quarterback Jake Fromm is photographed. His image, however, is not his own, but the property of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletes and athletic conferences across the country. Should Fromm decide to publicly endorse a new product on his Instagram page, a social media account that is specifically attached to his identity as an NCAA athlete, he would forgo his amateur status and endanger his college career.
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VoyagATL interviews Marcy Sperry for the Local Stories in Buckhead series. Click the link below to read more.
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Founding partner Marcy Sperry discusses the ins and outs of IP law with Marlie Williams in an in depth Q&A for Dangerous Woman. Click the link below to read the full interview.
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It’s 1976 and “Dr. J”, Julius Erving, is lacing up his sneakers, getting ready to cement himself as one of the greatest dunkers in basketball history. He’s got on a pair of black and white All-Star’s with the Converse star on either side and is about to take off from the free-throw line for one of the most memorable jams in Dunk Contest history (sorry, MJ). It was an indelible mark in basketball history and, for Converse, one of the peak moments during its rise to stardom.
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The Internet is a transnational marketplace of ideas that exists to meet a multitude of demands, one of which is content sharing.
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