by Madan Law | Jun 7, 2018 | Branding, Intellectual Property, Trademarks
Artwork is stolen and appropriated all the time, but what happens when big businesses (allegedly) steal small-time artists’ designs? It (allegedly) happens more often than you would think. Lili Chin is an artist out of Los Angeles, that specializes in dog...
by Madan Law | Jun 4, 2018 | Branding, Intellectual Property, Madan Law, SBSO, Trademarks
It’s #SmallBusinessShoutout time!! Today, we want to show some love to “SEMIRAMIS!” These confectioners of fine chocolates and sweets are bringing to Houston, their very first location in the United States. They began in Damascus, Syria, in the 1920s and expanded to...
by Madan Law | May 29, 2018 | Intellectual Property, Patent
Photo Credit: https://www.androidpolice.com/2018/05/16/apple-seeks-1-billion-samsung-retrial-patent-violations/ Surely you’ve heard of the two “small” companies Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics (“Samsung”)? The retrial of the ongoing case between the two...
by Madan Law | May 23, 2018 | Branding, Intellectual Property, Trademarks
Photo Credit: expressnews.com Buc-ee’s has won its trademark battle against Choke Canyon. Buc-ee’s filed the federal trademark lawsuit against its competitor in December 2015, stating that Choke Canyon infringed on the Buc-ee’s...
by Madan Law | May 22, 2018 | Branding, Intellectual Property, SBSO, Trademarks
Photo Credit: thefashionlaw.com Metadata tags are keywords used in Google searches to direct the user to webpages one might be searching for. In Adidas v. Skechers, Skechers was found to have used metadata tags on its website to direct consumers searching for the...