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Learn How to Perform a Trademark Search Cokato MN attorney Tom James will be presenting a series of 3 webinars to teach paralegals, attorneys and entrepreneurs how to perform trademark searches using the USPTO's new search system. Demonstrations and practice exercises will be included to help students gain proficiency in searching the USPTO's database with field tags and RegEx (Regular Expressions).  Take one, two, or all three.  Register  for  Trademark Law Basics & Likelihood of Confusion Register  for  The USPTO’s New Trademark Search System Register   for  Advanced Trademark Searching with Regular Expressions MODULE 1:   Trademark Law Basics & “Likelihood of Confusion” Analysis   June 10, 2024   12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CDT  1:00 p.m. EDT; 11:00 a.m. MDT; 10:00 a.m. PDT and MST; 9:00 a.m. AKDT. $30. What qualifies as a trademark; types of trademarks (word, design, sound, trade dress, etc.); categories of marks; trademark registration and registration systems; the legal req

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 Southwestern University Law School alumnus Thomas B. James has published a book, E-Commerce Law: The Legal Compliance Handbook for Online Businesses . Available for purchase on Amazon.com . Visit his  Amazon Author Page  or his other Amazon Author Page . Thomas James is a private practice attorney in Cokato, Minnesota at the Tom James Law Offic e. His practice currently is limited to trademarks and copyrights. He is admitted to practice in both Minnesota and the United States Supreme Court. Recently, attorney Tom James has begun providing continuing legal education courses to attorneys through EchionCLE . He also enjoys speaking to groups of business and law students. Recnetly, he took part in Twin Cities Startup Week, presenting a talk on " Protecting Trademarks and Names " to new business owners and people who are still in the planning stages of starting a new business. Follow attorney Tom James and the Tom James Law Office on LinkedIn, and be sure to check out his YouTu

On March 16, 2023 the United States Copyright Office published guidance in the Federal Register on registering copyrights in AI-generated works and words that include and/or modify AI-generated content. ("AI" means artificial intelligence .)  Cokato, Minnesota attorney Thomas James, author of The Cokato Copyright Attorney, has published a brief summary of the key provisions of the new guidance. You can read it on The Law Blog of Thomas James .  Thomas James is a copyright/trademark attorney at the Law Office of Tom James in Cokato, Minnesota.

 The U.S. Copyright Claims Board (CCB) issued its first two Final Determinations. One is a settlement and the other is a determination on the merits. The settled case involved a wrongful DMCA takedown notice. The determination on the merits involved a claim of infringement of the copyright in a photograph. Read more about them at The Cokato Copyright Attorney: The Law Blog of Thomas B. James (Minnesota attorney).  For help with a CCB claim or defense, contact attorney Thomas B. James .

 Thomas B. James, Minnesota attorney at the Tom James Law Office in Cokato, MN has published new articles to his blog, The Cokato Copyright Attorney: The Law Blog of Thomas James relating to artificial intelligence (AI): A Recent Entrance to Complexity Getty Images Litigation Update AI Legal Issues Does AI Infringe Copyright? In addition, there are two new guest posts by author David Newhoff: Why Machine Training AI with Protected Works Is Not Fair Use A Thousand Cuts: AI and Self-Destruction These are provocative, timely articles on the legal issues that AI-generated content raise.  To see more, visit The Cokato Copyright Attorney: The Law Blog of Thomas B. James .