Communications Law
Eric Murphy
Trademark Nightmares
Posting this for any fans of Kitchen Nightmares who want to see an example of how trademarking can go wrong. Apparently in Baltimore the endearing term ‘Hon’ (short for honey) is very popular. This led one local café owner to trademark the name of her café, “Café Hon”. She also threatened to sue other people […]
Copyright in Jazz Improvisation
Hi everyone, Here is a post for the musicians amongst us. In class we discussed the role of copyright and DJ performance usage of copyrighted materials, and how the market incentive for producers of music to want their music played in clubs may be a major factor in why we don’t commonly see copyright claims […]