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Join Dickinson, Holmes-Murphy, and SBS Cybersecurity as we go Into the Breach

Posted on 10/12/2018 at 01:01 PM by The Newsroom

Categories: Cybersecurity Law, Dickinson Law News

Tagged As: bank cyber attack, cyber insurance, cyber security, cybersecurity Des Moines Iowa

Dickinson Law, Holmes-Murphy, and SBS Cybersecurity are pleased to present Iowa's latest cybersecurity webinar, Into...

Eighteen Dickinson Attorneys Selected for 2019 Best Lawyers in America

Posted on 08/15/2018 at 08:55 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Amy Plummer, Ben Bruner, Bill Serangeli, Bill Stiles, David Repp, Dick Lyford, Dickinson Law News, Fred Schneider, Howard Hagen, Jeff Krausman, Jill Jensen-Welch, Joan Fletcher, Mary Zambreno, Mollie Pawlosky, Paul Tyler, Rick Malm, Ron Mountsier, Russ Samson, Tom Hanson

Tagged As: 2019 Best Lawyers in America

Dickinson Law is pleased to announce that 18 of the firms' attorneys have been included in the 2...

What is a domain name?

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: ccTLDs, country code top-level domains, domain name, domain name registrars, domain names and trademark infringement, generic top-level domains, gTLDs, Internet Protocol resource, IP resource, sub-domains, TLDs, top-level domains, trademark infringement

A domain name is like a home address only on the Internet. It represents an Internet Protocol (IP) resource and se...

What is a trademark/service mark?

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: arbitrary or fanciful marks, descriptive marks, federal trademark law, generic marks, service mark, state trademark laws, suggestive marks, trade dress, trademark, trademark law, trademark licensing, trademark protection

A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of the same, that identifies and distinguishes the sou...

What is a copyright?

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: artistic works, audiovisual works, choreographic works, copyright, copyright co-owners, copyright holder, copyright owner, copyright protection, derivative works, dramatic works, independent contractor, intellectual property, intellectual works, literary works, made for hire works, motion pictures, musical works, original works of authorship, public performances, published works, transfer ownership, unpublished works, works made for hire

Copyright is a form of protection provided to the creators of original works of authorship, including literary, dramat...

Trademark enforced at highest level: Others' use is no excuse

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: Iowa Intellectual Property Law

President Obama's campaign, Obama for America, recently filed a trademark infringement suit against a Washington-bas...

The universal peace symbol - unregistrable as a trademark

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: Iowa Intellectual Property Law, peace symbol, trademark law, trademark protection, TTAB

In a recent decision by the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), Craigslist, Inc. was unsuccessful in securing feder...

Selecting a strong trademark

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: copyright, Iowa Intellectual Property Law, patent, trademark law

Selecting a trademark can be difficult. You'll want to select a strong mark which conveys to the consuming public th...

New Top Level Domain names released | From A-Z

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: ICANN, Iowa Intellectual Property Law

As anticipated, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) released the list of businesse...

New top-level domain names (gTLDs): What's all the talk about?

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by The Newsroom

Categories: Intellectual Property Law

Tagged As: domain names and trademark infringement, gTLDs, ICANN, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Internet protocol addressing, Iowa Intellectual Property Law, new gTLDs, top-level domain names, trademark infringement, trademark owners, trademarks

On January 12, 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began accepting applications for...

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