by Stephen Kennedy | Apr 26, 2017 | Blog
A Texas appeals court just took the first crack at interpreting an ambiguously troubling aspect of the Defamation Mitigation Act in Hardy v. Communication Workers of Am. Local 6215 AFL-CIO, et al., 05-16-00829-CV, 2017 WL 1192800 (Tex. App.—Dallas Mar. 31, 2017,...
by Stephen Kennedy | Apr 24, 2017 | Blog
The majority of us easily recognize famous word and/or logo marks that we routinely encounter. For example, the average American would instantly associate the golden arches with McDonalds or know that “Melts in your mouth not in your hand” corresponds with M&Ms,...
by Stephen Kennedy | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog
Just about every piece of new technology incorporates intellectual property from patents to trademarks to copyrights. A cell phone has somewhere between 100 to 1,000 patents covering everything from the screen to the battery. I recently purchased conduit for an...