#Trademarks

Hashtags serve an important function in social media, whether used ironically (#yolo – which stands for you only live once) or earnestly (#blessed). By adding a pound sign before a word or phrase, content is organized by topic, which makes it easier to track discussions and find connections. To marketers hashtags are #gold. On Instagram…

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Trademark Squatters: 1; Apple: 0

Move over, Apple. There’s a new IPHONE in town. Of course, that town is in China and, oddly enough, that IPHONE is a line of purses and wallets, but still… In 2002, well before the seminal device’s 2009 release, Apple applied to register the IPHONE trademark in China in class 9 for electronics – which…

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Trademark Standoff in Yosemite National Park

Just mentioning Yosemite National Park will conjure up many a spectacular mental image. Towering granite cliffs emerging from a verdant valley. Trees that make you wonder how something living can possibly be that big and that old. Waterfalls that spring forth from the rock like freefalling fire. Trademark disputes over intellectual property valuation. Wait, what?…

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Opportunities and Procedures for Challenging New Top Level Domain Names

In fall 2013, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization responsible for “running” the Internet, began introducing new generic top level domains (gTLDs) to the Internet’s authoritative database, known as the Root Zone. (For a full list of new gTLDs, click here.) While the goal of the new gTLDs was to…

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Six Boyle Fredrickson Attorneys Named Super Lawyers

Six attorneys from the law firm Boyle Fredrickson have been named Wisconsin Super Lawyers. Attorneys Keith Baxter, James Boyle, Mathew Corr, John Fredrickson, Andrew McConnell, and Timothy Newholm were named Super Lawyers for the Intellectual Property primary practice area.  James Boyle, John Fredrickson, and Timothy Newholm were recognized in the Intellectual Property Litigation category. Super…

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Boyle Fredrickson Attorneys Recognized as 2015 Best Lawyers by U.S. News and World Report

Six attorneys from Boyle Fredrickson, Wisconsin’s largest intellectual property law firm, have been recognized in four categories as Best Lawyers by U.S. News and World Report. Jim Boyle was recognized for Intellectual Property and Patent Litigation as well as Patent Law; Andy McConnell was recognized for Patent Law and Trademark Law; John Fredrickson was recognized…

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Attorney Adam Brookman Presents at WISACCA Conference

Boyle Fredrickson shareholder Adam Brookman collaborated with Anne Dorn, Director & Senior Legal Counsel – Technology Compliance at Direct Supply, Inc. to present “Traditional and Non-Traditional Ways to Protect What’s Yours (without the use of weapons) – IP Protection Strategies in an Ever-Changing Landscape” at the Association of Corporate Counsel, Wisconsin Chapter (WISACCA) annual conference…

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