Companies spend significant effort in marketing and enforcement, all year long, to create brands that can be considered recognized holiday brands.

The EECC is a new European Union directive to help standardize the security of communications networks, provide better user privacy, and cap certain service pricing.

EU portfolio owners and trademark counsel should be aware of the changes to UK trademark rights and requirements as the end of the Brexit transition approaches.

Trademark portfolio owners and trademark counsel should be aware that the USPTO is increasing the trademark filing fees in 2021.

Amazon is expected to launch its Amazon Sidewalk later this year to work with smart devices and connect neighboring Wi-Fi networks. However, critics raise privacy concerns.

Congress recently passed the IoT Cybersecurity Act which will set guidelines and standards for security of IoT devices.

Uber drivers are challenging Uber in a high-profile lawsuit claiming privacy violations under EU’s GDPR Article 22.

Due to recent changes in law, it is now possible to get treble damages in certain Korean trademark litigation claims.

Read about the proposed Bill to add safeguards to the Executive Branch’s power to shut down the Internet in a national emergency.

Get answers to the most important trademark questions to ask when considering trademark protection.

Read about how hospitals and pharmaceutical companies are pushing to have pricing models considered to be trade secrets.

Read about how the Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Act (Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code Section 154) sets forth the requirements in the State of Texas for referral by Texas courts of disputes to alternative dispute resolution procedures (ADR).

Read about how to protect business assets in the new normal for business of employees working remotely.

Learn about the provisional patent application and how it provides additional time to preserve patent rights.

Read about the two different views between law enforcement efforts and consumer wishes for better privacy online.

Read about the ban of facial recognition software by some U.S. cities due to concerns over privacy issues and potential for harmful or biased use of the data.

Read about Facebook’s latest issues with compliance with the GDPR and a DPC order that could force Facebook to cease operations in the EU.

Learn about how app notifications may alert you to unexpected or unauthorized access to private data.

Learn about how apps collect and use personal data and why there has been recent scrutiny against the Tik Tok app.

Read about KFC’s approach to trademark use, without actual use, while its slogan is temporarily considered inappropriate in the global pandemic.