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March 22, 2021
Atlanta Office

Hall Booth Smith Welcomes Gaylon C. Hollis to its Atlanta Office

ATLANTA, GEORGIA – March 22, 2021 – Hall Booth Smith, P.C. (HBS) is pleased to welcome Attorney Gaylon C. Hollis to its Atlanta office as the firm expands its intellectual property practice to serve the needs of its clients. Gaylon works clo

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Intellectual Property (Blog)
January 20, 2021

Nicki Minaj Demonstrates the New Cost of the Sampling of Copyrighted Music without a License

Written by: Aris C. Rotella, Esq. Fair-use is the first defense of creatives experimenting with copyrighted material. Whether it be an amateur filmmaker utilizing copyrighted footage in their YouTube video compiling their favorite movies of 2020

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Intellectual Property (Blog)
July 30, 2020
Justin KerenyiKarl Braun

Ferrari Loses Trademark Fight For World’s Most Expensive Car

Written by: HBS Intellectual Property Team Ferrari just lost a landmark trademark battle with an Italian rival auto maker over its 250 GTO, one of its most coveted sports cars that typically fetches 50 million pounds ($65 million USD) when one

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May 18, 2020
Justin KerenyiKarl Braun

USPTO Offers Free Fast Track for Small Businesses on COVID-19 Applications

Written by: Karl Braun, Esq., Justin Kerenyi, Esq., Daniel Miller, Esq., and Rodney Miller, Esq. The United States Patent and Trademark Office is giving small businesses and micro entities priority examination without the usual fees in an ef

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Intellectual Property (Blog)
May 4, 2020
Justin KerenyiKarl Braun

Supreme Court Sides With Lucky Brand on Defense Preclusion

Written by: Karl Braun, Esq., Justin Kerenyi, Esq., Daniel Miller, Esq., and Rodney Miller, Esq. The U.S. Supreme Court sided with apparel maker Lucky Brand on the applicability of “defense preclusion” about whether and under which circumsta

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Intellectual Property (Blog)
February 10, 2020
Karl Braun

Photographs As Protectible Forms of Expression

Written by: Karl Braun, Esq. Photographs represent a unique and plentiful form of personal and professional expression. Photographs also constitute intellectual property. The pervasive proliferation of photographs on the internet via social medi

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Intellectual Property (Blog)
March 14, 2019
Karl Braun

Will Kanye Single-Handedly Change the Course of the Entertainment Industry?

Written by: Karl M. Braun, Esq. Kanye West filed suit in Superior Court, Los Angeles County at the end of January, 2019 against EMI April Music, Inc. and EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. seeking declaratory relief, restitution and a constructive trust,

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March 7, 2019

USPTO Proposes To Make Foreign Applicants Use U.S.-Licensed Attorneys

Do-It-Yourself U.S. trademark filings from anywhere in the world may no longer be the story by the end of 2019.  On February 15, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a proposal to change federal trademark law. T

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January 29, 2019

I.P. Counterfeiting: Protection from Counterfeiting in an Increasingly Online World

Written by: Reid Morelli, Esq. and Andrew Bayudan Counterfeiting continues to remain one of most dangerous threats to I.P. owners – cutting into owners’ profits and injuring reputations. Counterfeit products bear the insignia of a tradem

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Intellectual Property (Blog)
January 23, 2019
Karl Braun

Music Modernization Act Blog Post

Written by: Karl Braun, Esq. As a brief introduction to discussion of the new Orrin G. Hatch–Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act (“MMA”), a cursory understanding of a few key terms and concepts is essential. An “artist” in the contex

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