It’s All in the App – Have You Really Looked?

A very long time ago, people accessed websites by entering sometimes-lengthy ip addresses into the address line of a browser. Now, and at a faster and faster pace, people access the internet by means of a single touch upon an “app” on their mobile device. It’s a fair bet that many, if not most people, do not know the internet address to which their apps direct them. On my trusty iPhone 5, I measured the size of he icon for each app. As near as I could tell, they were about 9 mm square. I suppose that on a larger mobile device, they might be a little larger. But in the end, let’s face it, they’re darn small. And thus lies the rub. The smaller and smaller the representation for a business, and the faster and faster we access them (like with a single fingertip touch), the more difficult and critical it is to tell them apart. Enter the realm of trademark law, specifically PayPal, Inc. v. Pandora Media, Inc., Case 1:17-cv-03816 (S.D.N.Y.)

 

Kickin’ Back in a “State of Chemically Induced Euphoria”

As one with a special interest in Colorado, I am especially intrested in that state’s leading role in the legalization of marijuana – and the intellectual property law fallout that it is creating. Recreational marijuana is big business in Colorado,as it soon will be in many other places,a nd with big business comes big trademark law.

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