01/09/2012 - The IP Beacon, January 2012
A Haynes and Boone Newsletter highlighting current issues in Intellectual Property Law.  

12/14/2011 - Social Media Marketing Magazine Guest Article: Tips for Addressing Brand Misuse While Mitigating PR Backlash
Perhaps you’ve heard about Chick-fil-A’s recent “oops” moment. The company fired off a cease and desist letter to a Vermont artist over his use of and trademark application for EAT MORE KALE.

09/21/2011 - PR News "PR Insiders" Column: Watch Your Language - When Cease-and-Desist Letters Go Viral
When Apple’s legal department sent a letter demanding mobile phone application creator GetJar cease its use of the term “app store” in July 2011, the result was not what Apple had hoped for.

08/16/2011 - The IP Beacon, August 2011
A Haynes and Boone Newsletter highlighting current issues in Intellectual Property Law.

08/11/2011 - Law360 Guest Column: Social Media, Speech And The Schoolhouse
The U.S. Supreme Court soon will have the opportunity to consider the extent to which the First Amendment protects student use of social media sites and blogs off campus.

05/19/2011 - Social Media for the CEO
David Bell and Sashe Dimitroff discuss some of the legal issues that social media raises, as well as opportunities, pitfalls, and tips about which company executives should be familiar.

05/09/2011 - Brand Protection is an App-solute Must
As appeared in The IP Beacon, May 2011.

05/09/2011 - The IP Beacon, May 2011
A Haynes and Boone Newsletter highlighting current issues in Intellectual Property Law.

04/22/2011 - Brand Protection Is An App-solute Must
The ubiquity of mobile and Internet applications, or apps, is astounding. Because the mobile apps market will continue to have an increasingly significant impact on the global marketplace, intellectual property practitioners should familiarize themselves with trademark and copyright issues that apps raise and methods of addressing those issues.

02/28/2011 - One Bad App Spoils the Bunch: Brand Protection in the App Era
This article provides some background on what apps are, as well as trademark and copyright issues they raise and methods of addressing those issues.

02/02/2011 - The IP Beacon, February 2011
A Haynes and Boone Newsletter highlighting current issues in Intellectual Property Law.

01/20/2011 - Beware of Fraudulent Trademark and Patent Notices Mimicking Official Communications
As appeared in The IP Beacon, February 2011.

12/17/2010 - FLASH - Supreme Court Does Not Answer Copyright Exhaustion Question in Costco
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a split decision and failed to resolve whether copyrighted materials legally made abroad can be imported into the U.S. and sold without the express permission of the copyright owner.

10/04/2010 - Trademarks: Taking Search Strategies to the Next Level
Reading and interpreting the results of a global search can be a daunting prospect. This session will provide you with strategies and useful tips to optimize and simplify your review.

07/10/2010 - Selecting and Launching a Brand
In a presentation to the State Bar of Texas at its annual meeting, David Bell reviewed questions and challenges arising in connection with selection and introduction of a brand from a trademark law perspective.

05/07/2010 - The IP Beacon, May 2010
A Haynes and Boone Newsletter highlighting current issues in Intellectual Property Law.

04/02/2010 - United States Patent and Trademark Office Rules on Deposing Non-U.S. Resident Executives in Trademark Proceedings
A recent ruling should provide some comfort for non-U.S. companies involved in U.S. trademark oppositions or cancellations. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has clarified that companies with no U.S. operations cannot easily be forced to travel to the U.S. for oral depositions.

03/25/2010 - Google AdWords Decision Issued by the European Court of Justice
The European Court of Justice ruled this week that Google did not infringe trademark rights by letting advertisers purchase keywords corresponding to their competitors’ trademarks in Google’s AdWords program.

02/02/2010 - Another Detour? Steer Internet Traffic to Your Sites by Registering .CO Domains
In what may be a new opportunity for cybersquatters, the Colombian .CO registry will soon allow for registration of domain names ending in simply .CO. Such domain names may be a prime platform for social networking sites and brand owners. As the registry explains, the acronym .CO can be associated with terms that include company, corporation, commerce, communities, content, connect, communication, collaborate, and consumers.

01/21/2010 - Policing Trademarks on the Internet and Web 2.0
Presentation slides and "Quick Tips" from the INTA U.S. Roundtable - January 2010

06/10/2009 - Submit Your Trademarks to Facebook to Prevent Infringement
Facebook announced yesterday significant policies that can impact brand owners' online presence. Starting this Saturday, June 13, 2009, Facebook will allow individuals to register usernames that will direct to personalized Facebook URLs.

03/31/2009 - Hot Branding News, Spring 2009
"Hot Branding News" is a quarterly newsletter highlighting current issues and updates prepared by the lawyers in the Franchise and Distribution Group of Haynes and Boone.

01/23/2009 - Protecting Product Configurations: Trade Dress Focus
As presented to the Dallas Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section.


01/23/2009 - Seven Tips for Clearing a Product Design
Presented at the Dallas Bar Association IP Section Meeting, January 23, 2009.

09/08/2008 - The IP Beacon
A Haynes and Boone Newsletter highlighting current issues in Intellectual Property Law.

07/01/2008 - Fraud: The 'F' Word Trademark Owners Should Avoid
As seen in the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section Newsletter, Summer 2008 pp. 12-15

03/01/2008 - Protecting Your Client’s Brand Names From Domain Name Theft and Scams
The Commercial Law Connection: The newsletter of the National Bar Association Commercial Law Section, Spring 2008.

02/11/2008 - Fraud: The 'F' Word Trademark Owners Should Avoid
As seen in IPLaw360, February 11, 2008.

06/18/2007 - If You Can't See It, You Can't "Use" It In New York
On May 9, 2007, the Eastern District of New York issued a ruling that use of another owner’s trademark as either a metatag or in keyword advertising does not constitute “use in commerce” and is thus not actionable under trademark law.

10/12/2006 - V Is For "Vindication" For Famous Trademark Owners
The United States Supreme Court issued a landmark dilution ruling in 2003 in Mosely v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc., 537 U.S. 418 (2003).

12/28/2005 - The News on .EU--Registering Domain Names on the New European Union .EU Registry
The European Union has recently launched a new ccTLD (country code top level domain). Instead of using the various national European ccTLD's, such as .fr for French companies, .de for German companies, and .co.uk for U.K. companies, the EU has made available the .eu suffix as a Community-wide ccTLD.

07/14/2005 - Appellate Court Clears the Way for Competitive Pop-Up Ads
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals impedes trademark owners trying to restrict online pop-up advertising that appears when consumers visit the trademark owners’ websites.

06/01/2005 - MGM v. Grokster and Pending Legislation: What's at Stake for Peer-to-Peer Networks and Copyright Law
As seen in The Licensing Journal, June/July 2005.

04/01/2005 - Will the Supreme Court or Congress Modify Copyright Law in an Era of Rampant Digital Piracy?
As seen in NYU Journal of Law and Business, Vol. 1:565.

03/01/2005 - What Might Peer-to-Peer Have to Fear?
As seen in Copyright World #148, March 2005.

02/01/2005 - Will the U.S. Supreme Court End the Heyday of Unauthorized Online Music-Sharing?
As seen in News Exchange, the newsletter for the Licensing Executives Society of Britain and Ireland.