by Michael D. Steger | Feb 13, 2020 | Copyrights, Featured
If the three rules of real estate are location, location, location, the three rules of copyright protection should be: get it in writing, get it in writing, get it in writing. A recent copyright case against the famed glass sculptor Dale Chihuly illustrates the...
by Michael D. Steger | Jul 15, 2018 | Copyrights, Featured, Trademarks
A new client recently engaged our firm to handle an increasingly common problem: someone had registered a domain name that was almost identical to the client’s own website. The only difference between the client’s domain and the fake site was an...
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 | Dec 4, 2016 | Copyrights, Corporate Law, Featured, Trademarks
When he is sworn in on January 20th, Donald Trump will become the first American president to have owned trademark registrations while in office. (Quick quiz: Who was the only U.S. President to have a patent while in office? Answer at the end of the post). Trademark...
by Michael D. Steger | Aug 11, 2015 | Copyrights, Featured
Everyone has been to a birthday party, and everyone has sung “Happy Birthday to You.” Anyone who has recorded their friends and family singing that song and posted the recording on YouTube has committed copyright infringement. The Warner Music Group...