First things first. We always encourage everyone to be respectful and mindful of others’ intellectual property, which in this electronic media age can be tricky. Nowadays, people can easily step into copyright infringement territory, if they are not careful. Recently, it came to our attention the case of blogger being accused by certain law firms of copyright infringement. Some good intentioned bloggers may be tempted to download and post pictures that circulate in the internet…
Even though President Trump and his family are avid traders of trademarks and manage their last name as a brand in multiple industries, he does not seem to respect others’ intellectual property as he should. Once again, a musician has sent through his lawyers a cease and desist letter to the White House for the use of music in Trump’s political rallies without permission. We already wrote about other complaints to the White House in…
The famous Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York has won a preliminary injunction in federal court against small teahouse for what it was described as the deliberate use of a similar name and logo in order to confuse the public. Ouch! The Lower East Side establishment was forced to change its name from MoMaCha to MaMaCha and has posted a disclaimer noting that they are not affiliated with the MoMA. Museum lawyers alleged…
Thank you SHAIZAH HASAN for your contribution. As if it wasn’t enough with the Cambridge Analytica problem, Facebook is facing a class action lawsuit against their illegal use of a facial recognition on photos, without users’ approval. It seems like Mark Zuckerberg and his staff of social media geniuses can’t catch a break. Just a little over a week after Zuckerberg’s 10-hour testimony with Congress about Cambridge Analytics harvesting of user data, Facebook must now go to court for…
Scandal after scandal, Donald Trump continues to take the news spotlight, putting into questions his fitness for holding office. The latest scandal, at least as of March 2018, involved an adult actress, Stormy Daniels (her site is not suitable for minors or office viewing), as she tries to fight her way out of the 2016 $130,000 hush money contract from President Trump and his personal lawyer, Michael Cohen. Daniels claims to have had unprotected sex with President…
