Articles by Richard Patterson
Richard Patterson is a 2L at WCL with an interest in copyright and trademark law. Richard graduated from Boston College in 2009 with majors in Philosophy and History. In his free time, he enjoys playing golf and continuously being let down by BC athletics.
On December 19, United States District Judge Margaret M. Morrow sentenced Gilberto Sanchez (“Sanchez”) to one year in federal prison for uploading a workprint copy of the film X-Men Origins: Wolverine (“Wolverine”) to the file-sharing …
Earlier this year in September, fellow IP Blogger Seth Dennis commented on a lawsuit the Kellogg’s cereal company had threatened against the Maya Archaeology Initiative (“MAI”) for trademark infringement. The threatening mark was a picture …
A billboard went up yesterday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, albeit without its most contentious piece. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (“PCRM”), a non-profit group based in Washington, DC, attempted to display a billboard addressing …
Virginia Tech settles trademark dispute against local Blacksburg company Hokie Real Estate with fanfare and football.
Wegmans and Walgreens just settled their trademark war over W’s. Despite the fact that that case was settled, there is a lot to discuss about what possible confusion existed.
“Freeway” Rick Ross filed a new lawsuit against rapper Rick Ross in
California state court for misappropriation of name and likeness.
The United States District Court for Western Virginia recently denied a motion for preliminary judgment filed by Virginia Tech against Hokie Real Estate, Inc. Virginia Tech argues, and will need to prove at trial, that Hokie Real Estate infringed on their ‘Hokie’ trademark.
Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York recently granted a motion for summary judgment in favor of Defendants NBC and Reveille Productions (“NBC”) in a claim …
