On September 7, 2011, from 12:00 to 12:30 PM, Kevin Thompson will present a free webinar entitled “Why You Should Register Your Trademarks in Other Countries.” It is the inaugural webinar in the Davis McGrath IP Webinar series. Even though you may have a United States trademark registration, don’t forget that it only covers the…
Monthly Archives: August 2011
First Amendment Bars Law Curbing Violent Video Games
I recently had the good fortune to audit a short course entitled “The First Amendment Confronts New Technology,” taught by Professor Michael Seng of the John Marshall Law School. The irony is that the course was being presented in China, a country not known as a wellspring of free expression. The course was taught to…
Creative Commons Presentation
On July 28, 2011, Kevin Thompson spoke on Creative Commons Licensing for the Association Media & Publishing’s program entitled “Build Once, Use Many.” Copies of the slide presentation are available here. [PDF] Briefly, Creative Commons is a way for copyright owners to control how their works are shared, both online and off. Its license regime…
Tapping the Till
You obtained a judgment, now what? For many commercial litigators, obtaining a judgment is often easier than enforcing it. This article concerns a specific and rarely used method of enforcement, known as tapping the till. The “till tap” has a history of use in California where a judgment creditor can seek to appoint the sheriff…