When we first met the client, the former attorney for Backyard Brine (“BB”) had sent a demand letter to Backyard Food Company (“BFC”), saying that BFC’s name was confusingly similar to their own, especially in connection with pickle products. BB sent the demand letter the day after learning about BFC’s using its trademark in connection…
The Supreme Court recently handed down a decision in Warner Chappell v. Nealy that some practitioners view as disappointing. We wrote about the underlying 11th Circuit case a year ago. Nealy was incarcerated during the time period when some of the songs he had co-produced were infringed. He claimed that because he was deprived of access…