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	<description>Trademark, Copyright, Entertainment &#38; Internet Blawg</description>
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		<title>Black Letter Law: Protecting Your Font And Calligraphy Designs</title>
		<link>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2012/05/black-letter-law-protecting-your-font-and-calligraphy-designs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 15:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Spear</dc:creator>
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Do you hear that?  D.J.s are dusting off their turntables…florists are snipping away at stems…wedding season is upon us.  Soon, your mailbox will begin filling up with those telltale envelopes-within-envelopes.  I recently received a wedding invitation with a very unique script that looked as if it could be someone’s personal &#8212; and very lovely &#8212; handwriting.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Forth and Create (and Police)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Spear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Etsy's in-house counsel, Sarah Feingold, spoke to Law.com regarding the legal issues Etsy users may face and the protection Etsy affords to its users.]]></description>
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		<title>Attention Football Fans and Trademark Owners: Stand By Your [Twelfth] Man</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:21:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Spear</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trademark]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out this post  by intellectual-property blog PHOSITA.  It seems as though football fever has recently encompassed more than just the playoffs:  It&#8217;s NCAA versus NFL, as Texas A&#38;M are poised to defend their 12th Man trademark against the Denver Broncos, who used the mark during their January 8, 2012 game against the Pittsburgh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The message is to make great art that makes people feel good.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Spear</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A look at a recent case and its impact on "creative copying."]]></description>
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		<title>It Doesn’t End at Registration: Goodwill and Your Trademark (A Lesson from the Failed Netflix Experiment)</title>
		<link>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2011/11/it-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-at-registration-goodwill-and-your-trademark-a-lesson-from-the-failed-netflix-experiment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2011/11/it-doesn%e2%80%99t-end-at-registration-goodwill-and-your-trademark-a-lesson-from-the-failed-netflix-experiment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 03:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria Spear</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trademark]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growth and expansion are common goals for many businesses, and, no doubt, signs of success.  Just remember, while expanding, stay true to your core consumers and guard your goodwill.]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking for Musicians: Best Practices</title>
		<link>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2010/09/social-networking-for-musicians-best-practices/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2010/09/social-networking-for-musicians-best-practices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy J. Everhart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ll be speaking on social networking ethics this Wednesday, September 8, at the Americana Music Festival in downtown Nashville, if you want to join the conversation in person.  In case you can’t make it, I thought I’d give you a sneak-peek with the following legal tips on social-networking for musicians and artists:]]></description>
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		<title>Bloggers Beware: Legal Tips When Joining the Blogosphere</title>
		<link>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2009/11/bloggers-beware-legal-tips-when-joining-the-blogosphere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2009/11/bloggers-beware-legal-tips-when-joining-the-blogosphere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy J. Everhart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right of Publicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trademark]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freebies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/?p=110</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blogging seems as innocent as jotting down your daily musings in a diary. But with blogging, 1) you’re revealing those musings to the world, and 2) you’re inviting the world to muse along with you. Those important differences bring bloggers within the realm of…gulp…THE LAW. ]]></description>
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		<title>Trademark Tips for Designers</title>
		<link>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2009/11/trademark-tips-for-designers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2009/11/trademark-tips-for-designers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:03:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy J. Everhart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trademark]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/?p=107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yikes, all! The good news is I&#8217;ve been practicing what I preach and applying some of my intellectual-property knowledge to my own life, as I pursue some lightbulb moments of my own. The bad news is I&#8217;ve failed to share any lightbulb moments in this blog! Today&#8217;s a short one, with more frequent contributions to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twick or Tweet: Tale of a Trademark Application</title>
		<link>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2009/09/twick-or-tweet-tale-of-a-trademark-application/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2009/09/twick-or-tweet-tale-of-a-trademark-application/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy J. Everhart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Trademark]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trademark Registration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having just jumped on the Twitter bandwagon (barely catching it as it sped by my old-fashioned self), I’m still learning how to “tweet” — and even what “tweeting” means.  Twitter’s attempt to register TWEET as a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is a good old-fashioned lesson, though, on the word game that is the federal trademark application process and why you should consider consulting a lawyer before assuming that, just because you’ve thought of the greatest trademark since COCA-COLA, you can use it risk-free and register it without a hitch.]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Forget a Life Jacket: Protecting Your Web-Posted Creative Works from “Mouse-Click” Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2009/08/don%e2%80%99t-forget-a-life-jacket-protecting-your-web-posted-creative-works-from-%e2%80%9cmouse-click%e2%80%9d-theft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.aeverhart.com/lightbulbmoments/2009/08/don%e2%80%99t-forget-a-life-jacket-protecting-your-web-posted-creative-works-from-%e2%80%9cmouse-click%e2%80%9d-theft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy J. Everhart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copyright]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How lucky we are to have the Internet nowadays to market our creative wares — whether our song or drawing or poem.  But with this new marketing frontier comes a new risk: ease of theft of the work by a mere click of a mouse.]]></description>
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