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Understanding the TAKE IT DOWN Act

Your personal and professional reputation is a vital asset—yet it can be vulnerable to online attacks, the sharing of intimate content without your consent, and other forms of digital defamation. At The Lomnitzer Firm P.A. in Boca Raton, our experienced...

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Strategies to Protect Your Brand Online

Are you taking steps to protect your brand online? In today’s digital marketplace, your brand’s reputation can be built—or damaged—in a matter of clicks. From counterfeit products to social media impersonators, unauthorized copycats can erode customer trust and weaken your...

What Types of Property Can I Protect Under Copyright Law?

Securing copyright law protection is a critical first step in safeguarding your creative asset. Once your work is protected, you must be prepared to act if someone uses it without permission. Whether your work is a song, photograph, software program,...

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How is A.I. Affecting Intellectual Property Law?

Artificial intelligence has affected virtually every industry, creating both innovations and legal complications in its wake. While there are many cases for artificial intelligence in the modern commercial world, creators and business owners must also be aware of the potential...

New Copyright Rule Offers News Sites a Group Registration Option

There has been some recent news regarding copyright registration for news websites that frequently update with current events and other materials. The U.S. Copyright Office recently issued a new rule authorizing a group registration option for news websites that could...

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U.S. Court of Appeals Addresses Contributory Trademark Infringement

The prohibitions around trademark infringement, and the penalties for these violations, are codified in the federal trademark statute known as the Lanham Act. This Act also prohibits an individual or entity from providing products to a third party if they...

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Hollywood Strikes Conclude as Writers’ and Actors’ Unions Secure New Contracts

In the fall of 2023, the widely publicized writers’ and actors’ union strikes that halted the film and television industry for much of the year finally ended. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike, which represented 11,500 screenwriters, was the...

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Chinese Counterfeiters Sentenced for Scheme Involving Fake Rolex Watches

A consortium of counterfeiters faced charges and convictions in China recently for its sophisticated production, assembly, and marketing of fake Rolex watches. The scheme ran from July 2015 to April 2021, and involved about 300,000,000 RMB (Chinese Yuan Renminbi), the...

Supreme Court Will Hear a Case Concerning Music Copyright Law

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review an appeals court decision and answer the question of whether the circuit court discovery accrual rule or the Copyright Act’s statute of limitations (17 U.S.C. § 507(b)) should govern whether a music...

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Twitter’s “X” Rebrand May Run Afoul of IP Law

X’s billionaire owner, Elon Musk, who rebranded the social media company Twitter to the single letter, could face intellectual property legal challenges since others like Microsoft and Meta previously claimed rights to the letter. Additionally, France's Agence France-Presse (AFP), an...

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