Fair Use For Trademarks

Fair Use For Trademarks

Due to numerous lawsuits, particularly in the music industry, it is well known there is a “fair use” doctrine for copyrighted works. But did you know there are also scenarios which allow for the fair use of trademarks?  First, what is a trademark? The United States...
Monthly News Roundup – November 2022

Monthly News Roundup – November 2022

Need some good reading material? Here’s a quick recap of the top IP news stories and hot topics in IP we loved diving into the past month! “The analysis of teams found that teams with a wider diversity of ages had slightly higher rates of forward citations...
ICYMI: Founder Workshop on Protecting and Commercializing IP

ICYMI: Founder Workshop on Protecting and Commercializing IP

This week Michelson IP, along with our partners at the Alliance for SoCal Innovation hosted an info-packed session led by Maysam Pessian of Wilson Sonsini and Dr. Ruben Flores-Saaib of General Inception. Here’s a sampling of the topics touched on during the...