by Michael D. Steger | May 15, 2018 | Featured, Trademarks
As a trademark attorney, my clients often contact me about some solicitation that the client received in the mail, suggesting that they pay a hefty sum to have their trademark registered on some for-profit trademark list. These entities have lofty sounding names like...
by Michael D. Steger | Mar 27, 2018 | Copyrights, Featured
Michael Steger appears with Joe Naylor, the CEO of ImageRights International, to discuss copyright issues in photography, on Season 5 of the RGG EDU Podcast: RGG EDU Podcast Season 5 During this podcast Mr. Naylor and Mr. Steger discuss the requirements for...
by Michael D. Steger | Jan 1, 2018 | Featured, Trademarks, Uncategorized
“It makes no difference, night or day. The shadow never seems to fade away.” — The Band A potential client recently asked how is a service mark different from a trademark? This is a common question we receive. A trademark is anything that is used...
by Michael D. Steger | Jun 6, 2017 | Featured, Trademarks
You file a trademark application for your business. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office registers your trademark. Shortly after you receive your certificate of registration you receive a sort-of official looking letter from some organization offering to register...
by Michael D. Steger | May 7, 2017 | Corporate Law, Featured
In mid-2016, the “Panama Papers” were leaked to a consortium of news organizations. This cache of 11.5 million documents, leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, revealed a web of tens of thousands of shell companies set up in tax havens,...