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Whitcomb, Selinsky, PC Staff: October 10, 2023
When you've worked hard to build your brand and establish a unique identity in the marketplace, the last thing you want is to see someone else infringing upon your trademark. Trademark infringement can have serious repercussions for businesses,...
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Joe Whitcomb: October 09, 2023
Granite Construction Company faced a safety violation citation due to their failure to use safety chains on a dump truck tailgate. The incident took...
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Brandon Selinsky: October 03, 2023
If you are in business and use a word, phrase, symbol, design, or any combination of these to identify your goods or services, you have a trademark...
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Anne Lanteigne: September 05, 2023
Rights in technical data (TD) are becoming increasingly important in government contracting. The Government seeks to acquire and use TD in the...
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Anne Lanteigne: August 21, 2023
In late November 2022, the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) ruled that the U.S. Government can mount a validation challenge against...
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Anne Lanteigne: August 14, 2023
Since ChatGPT was released in November 2022 by OpenAI and quickly followed by other generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) platforms from other...
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Anne Lanteigne: August 14, 2023
Tacos, anyone? “Taco Tuesday" was a registered trademark since 1989 and was owned by Taco John’s, a Wyoming-based fast food restaurant chain. Over...
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Joe Whitcomb: July 24, 2023
This case involves a dog toy that resembles a bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey. The toy, Bad Spaniels, uses parody and humor to change the whiskey's...
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Joe Whitcomb: July 24, 2023
This case involves a dispute over trademarks between Hetronic International, Inc. and Abitron, a U.S. company, and six foreign parties. Hetronic...
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Sebastian Garcia: July 18, 2023
The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) consists of more than 100,000 federal contractors. It is critical in providing the U.S. Government with...
