INSIGHTS | By: Allison Singh | April 27, 2023
You read that right. While it is often a smart business move to protect a brand with a federal registration, that is not always the case. How do brand owners tell the difference? They can start by asking themselves the following questions. First, how important is...
INSIGHTS | By: Kathryn Dalli | February 3, 2023
Generally, common law rights are derived from custom and judicial precedent. Common law trademark rights are those rights that a business owner has from using a trademark, brand name, slogan or logo without having obtained a state or federal trademark registration of...
INSIGHTS | By: Craig H. Handler | January 23, 2023
In 2019, I was retained by a veteran US Navy sailor to file a petition before the US Naval Discharge Review Board (“NDRB”) seeking to have his character of discharge upgraded to Honorable, after a series of alcohol-related incidents led to an early...
INSIGHTS | By: Allison Singh | December 6, 2022
The late musician Prince shocked the world in 1993 by dropping his name and adopting a symbol as his personal moniker. So it is ironic that a landmark case before the U.S. Supreme Court this term will forever be known as the “Prince case.” In Andy Warhol Foundation...
INSIGHTS | By: John F. Shea | November 14, 2022
At a time when coastal areas are besieged by rising sea levels and more frequent, high intensity storms and hurricanes, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has taken steps to streamline the process for obtaining permits for certain coastal...