JPG Legal ads pop up every time I look at coronavirus updates in The New York Times. Does this make us ambulance chasers? Things are good, but also weird here at JPG Legal. We’re busier than we’ve ever been, by far, and we have two new attorneys starting here soon, but they’re not starting until early and mid-April, respectively. What makes this weird is that I’m not sure if the new attorneys will even be […]
Musician and recording artist names are arguably one of the most complicated topics in trademark law. Just ask the Bernie Sanders campaign. Over the years, I’ve represented some famous musicians like Toots and the Maytals, the Weather Girls, and Juhn. But one of the first trademark applications I ever filed was for a teenager who produced hip hop beats and rapped over them, before I knew what goods/services a musician’s trademark should be registered for. […]
Drawing of Bernie Sanders by me. If you’ve followed my Twitter account or heard my interview on NPR’s Morning Edition, you know I’m a huge supporter of Senator Bernie Sanders. Sanders is what happens when a genuine, on-the-ground activist and organizer somehow manages to get real institutional power, without compromising their values. This has probably never happened in modern U.S. politics, and it’s terrifying not only to the very wealthy, but also to the status-quo-dependent […]
