by Michael D. Steger | Feb 27, 2025 | Copyrights, Uncategorized
The fair use exception in the Copyright Act provides an affirmative defense to an infringement claim. Section 107 of the Copyright Act provides that the use of copyrighted material for “purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching . . ....
by Michael D. Steger | Jan 10, 2024 | Copyrights, Uncategorized
Megan J. Abner, Associate January 1, 2024, this year’s so-called “public domain day,” marked the partial release of the world’s most famous mouse into the public domain. Disney’s iconic “Steamboat Willie” and lesser-known “Plane Crazy,” both released in 1928, marked...
by Michael D. Steger | Apr 27, 2021 | Trademarks, Uncategorized
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by Michael D. Steger | Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Larry David’s comic masterpiece “Curb Your Enthusiasm” returned for a 10th season on HBO last Sunday. One of the episode’s running jokes was David’s insistence on a three day statute of limitations for wishing someone a “Happy New...
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 | 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...