Four Things to Understand About Your Work Email

By Melinda Garcia | Published February 2, 2017 | Posted in Email Correspondence, Employee Rights, Invasion of Privacy, Trade Mark | Tagged Tags: Email correspondence, employee, employer, Employment, Trade Secrets | Leave a comment

According to the State of California Department of Justice, “Your employer is generally allowed to monitor your workplace communications, such as business phone calls and computer usage, and to access to your voicemail and e-mail.” Though this has been the law for a considerable amount of time, employees across the state are still having a Read More

Trial Date Set for Keith Urban’s Trademark Lawsuit

By leslieburkhammer | Published August 6, 2015 | Posted in Infringement, Intellectual Property Rights, Trade Mark | Tagged Tags: civil litigation, litigation, trade mark | Leave a comment

A December trial date has been scheduled in Los Angeles federal court for a lawsuit in which a British songwriter is alleging that country music star Keith Urban stole his band’s name for the trademark on his guitar lesson package that is being sold on the Home Shopping Network and online. Peter Beckett filed his Read More

Macy’s Tries to Win Back Trademarks in California Court

By Melinda Garcia | Published March 4, 2015 | Posted in Trade Mark | Tagged Tags: trade mark | Leave a comment

Macy’s Department Stores has been purchasing a multitude of other stores over the last few years, including Marshall Field’s, Filene’s, Abraham & Strauss, and Jordan Marsh. Many of these stores were rebranded as Macy’s regional stores, but a lawsuit filed by the company in California says that a rival company has infringed upon thetrademarks of Read More

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