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| What You Need to Know About Trademark Law |
| on Friday, March 02, 2007 - 07:45 AM Posted by: ellislaw |
By David R. Ellis, Attorney at Law
Largo, Florida
Why do lawyers need to know about trademark law? If you or your clients have ever opened a business or adopted a distinctive name, logo, or slogan to identify the firm’s goods and services, you need a basic understanding of trademark law. |
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| What You Need to Know About Copyright Law |
| on Friday, February 16, 2007 - 11:34 AM Posted by: ellislaw |
By David R. Ellis, Attorney at Law
Largo, Florida
Why do lawyers need to know about copyright law? If you or your clients have ever created, adapted or used others’ expressive materials, including writings, photographs, graphics, computer programs, compilations, or other material, you need a basic understanding of copyright law. |
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| Skin Trade |
| on Friday, December 15, 2006 - 03:52 PM Posted by: Admin |
By Rebecca Riddick
Article posted with permission of the Daily Business Review
Photo "Yoji Harada works on Jason Hernandez" courtesy A.M. Holt  In his corporate suit, West Palm Beach attorney Steven S. Newburgh doesn’t look like the type who hangs out with heavily tattooed artists. But he loves serving as attorney for the cast of the popular reality TV show “Miami Ink,” which is set at a Miami Beach tattoo parlor.
Newburgh, an entertainment lawyer and partner at Fowler White Burnett, represents six cast members of the show, which appears on the cable TV network TLC. He acts as a combination lawyer and manager, negotiating merchandising deals and working with the network and production companies on their behalf. He also handles requests for their personal appearances. |
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| Fla “Apprentice” Trumps Domain Cybersquatter |
| on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - 12:57 PM Posted by: ellislaw |
FLORIDA “APPRENTICE” TRUMPS INTERNET CYBERSQUATTER IN DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE
By David Roy Ellis
Attorney at Law, Largo
Who steals my purse steals trash,
But he that filches from me my good name
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.
--Shakespeare’s Othello. Act III, Scene 3.
For those of you who watch “The Apprentice,” Donald Trump’s television reality show, you may remember that Kendra Todd was the winning candidate in the show’s third season, the first successful woman contestant, and the first from Florida. As an instant television celebrity, Kendra’s name immediately became a valuable commodity, and sure enough, someone came along trying to make a few bucks at her expense. |
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| Florida Enacts New Tradmark Law |
| on Thursday, October 19, 2006 - 05:54 AM Posted by: ellislaw |
WHAT’S IN A NAME? FLORIDA ENACTS A TRADEMARK ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
BY DAVID R. ELLIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LARGO, FLORIDA
This past year, the Florida legislature enacted a new trademark statute to modernize the law of trademarks in the state and harmonize it with the Federal trademark statute and most other state trademark laws. The statute, approved by the governor in June 2006, revises Chapter 495 of the Florida Statutes in a number of substantive ways. |
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