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© 2011 JOHN CORNELL FULLER
Copyrights are a form of Intellectual Property (IP) protection that stems from the U.S. Constitution. Copyright protection was originally created to promote the sciences by protecting authors and their writings, but today protection extends to authors...

© 2011 Gena Simon
A statutory copyright is a bundle of exclusive rights granted by the federal government to the author of an original work for a limited period of time. Exclusive rights include the right of reproduction, adaptation, public distribution, public performance...

© 2011 Autumn Love, Esq.
Filing a copyright application, although very important, is not necessary to establish copyright ownership. Copyright ownership is instantaneous, when a work is created and it is in fixed form its author immediately becomes the copyright owner and is...

Opposition No. 91164745
The University of Southern Mississippi (“USM”) filed a trademark application and sought registration on the following mark:
USM’s trademark application identified goods in the following international classes: 6, 9, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 24, 25, 27, 28 and 32.  After publication for opposition of the USM trademark (part of the trademark application/registration process) the...