The Chicago Headline Club recently awarded William T. McGrath its Peter Lisagor Award on May 3rd, 2013 in the “News Column or Commentary” category. The award was for his article entitled “Gingrich Faces Eye of the Copyright Tiger” which was originally published in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
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Davis McGrath Runs In Race Judicata 2012
Davis McGrath participated in the 2012 Race Judicata on September 13, 2012. Five of its attorneys ran in the race, which supports Chicago Volunteer Legal Services. The three fastest were Jodi Flynn, Bill McGrath, and Kevin Thompson, who crossed the finish line together. Coming in a close second were Gini Marziani and Christine Mohr, who…
Davis McGrath to Participate in Race Judicata 2012
Davis McGrath will be sending a team to race in the 2012 Race Judicata, held to support Chicago Volunteer Legal Services, on September 13, 2012. Here are pictures of our teams from past races:
For 5th Year, Davis McGrath LLC Named One of Top Copyright Firms in Midwest
Davis McGrath LLC is pleased to announce that, for the fifth year, it has been named one of the top five Copyright law firms in the Midwest in the annual survey conducted by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. “For the fifth year, we are especially pleased and honored to have been ranked consistently by our peers…
McGrath Interviewed on WGN-Radio re: Newt Gingrich and Copyright
Bill McGrath was interviewed on January 31, 2012 on the “Mike McConnell” show carried on WGN-Radio about the copyright dispute over Newt Gingrich’s use of the song “Eye of the Tiger” in his presidential campaign. Here is a link to the audio from the WGN-Radio site. [MP3]
Webinar – Why You Should Register Your Trademarks In Other Countries
Here is the recording of the September 7, 2011 webinar presented by Kevin Thompson entitled “Why You Should Register Your Trademarks In Other Countries.” Topics covered include: – Trademark Basics – Trademark Rights are Territorial – Offensive and Defensive Purposes for Registrations – Rights obtained by registration and use – Paris Convention Priority – Direct…
Announcing the Davis McGrath IP Webinar series – Starting September 7, 2011
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…
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…
Davis McGrath LLC Named Among Top Five Copyright Law Firms in the Midwest
Davis McGrath LLC is pleased to announce that it has been named one of the top five Copyright law firms in the Midwest in the annual survey conducted by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. This is the fourth year the firm has been so honored. The survey is an annual qualitative survey of IP practices based…
Marsha Hoover presents on Intellectual Property Basics
Marsha K. Hoover was one of two featured speakers at the Intellectual Property Basics for the Research Administrator workshop at the Society of Research Administrators Annual Meeting in October. Her remarks focused on the ways in which academic institutions vary from other businesses in their treatment of copyright, and the work-for-hire doctrine as applicable to…