by Michael D. Steger | Jan 2, 2022 | Featured, Trademarks
Just as broken limbs or downed trees that fall during a storm can block your path, defunct trademarks can block a trademark owner from registering a new mark. Let’s examine some different ways to clear the deadwood that is impeding your client’s way forward. Do Your...
by Michael D. Steger | Apr 27, 2021 | Trademarks, Uncategorized
Stay up to date, get our newsletter From the...
by Michael D. Steger | Jan 5, 2019 | Featured, Trademarks, Uncategorized
The rapid growth of the legal marijuana and cannabis industries has created a wide range of opportunities and challenges for lawyers advising clients developing businesses in that space. From challenges shipping products to land use issues to the inability to use...
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 | Jun 3, 2018 | Featured, Trademarks, Uncategorized
Unlike copyrights or patents, trademarks operate under a country-by-country legal regime. The legal force of a registered trademark evaporates when crossing a border to a nation where it is not registered. Without a registration in a country, a foreign trademark...