The Common Law

Trademark My Small Business?

"...through their daily routine and don't consider the trademark laws that underscore and protect familiar words and images that..."

Sept. 28, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Do trademark laws affect my local business?

"...do their own trademark searches. Go to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website (www.uspto.gov), and search the trademark..."

Oct. 12, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law

Legal Issues for Website Owners (part 3)

"...briefly addresses two other issues to discuss with your lawyer: domain names and linking to other websites...."

May 1, 2009 Column by Chris Johns

The Common Law

Nuts and bolts of trademark registration

"...complicated as you might think. Go to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website (www.uspto.gov), and fill out an..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Column by Luke Ellis

Inherit the Net

Lawyer and Stanford professor Lawrence Lessig talks copyright law and the Internet.

"...sounds the trumpet. They are e-commerce companies trying to patent the way you click through their site. And they..."

March 1, 2002 Screens Feature by Roger Gathman

The Terrifying Laughter of Parenthood

Award-winning comedy Maybe Shower comes home

"...regular audiences laugh with his work. His last film, patent law satire The Trolls, "screened at a couple of..."

March 30, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Further Rulings

"...unnoticed. Yet among the examinations of the minutiae of patent law, and interactions between federal and First Nation law,..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

How Safe Is Your E-Vote?

Proponents of electronic voting promise no repeat of Florida in 2000, but critics say it could be even worse

"...not made public; and he insists that copyright and patent law alone are insufficient to protect trade secrets...."

Feb. 20, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

About AIDS

Brazil Gives HIVers a Big Gift: Free Meds

"...authorized production of generic versions of 12 anti-HIV drugs patented before 1997 and is distributing them for free. The..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Column by Sandy Bartlett

Austin Film News

Locals at SXSW, plus RSVP for a Maybe Shower

"...comedy is his follow-up to his VOD success, 2016's patent law satire The Trolls. Tickets and details at www.maybeshower.com...."

March 9, 2018 Screens Column by Richard Whittaker

'Chronicle' Blinded by Its Bias

"...tech firms benefit well from Mike McCaul's understanding of patent law, freedom to innovate, H-1B visa shortages, and anti-piracy..."

Oct. 3, 2008 Postmarks

CBD Companies Find Practical Uses for Marijuana Compounds

Canvas 1839’s scientist and Willie’s Remedy explain cannabis molecules

"...federal Farm Bill legalizing hemp production was signed into law in January 2019; last month, the 86th Texas Legislature..."

June 7, 2019 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

The Hightower Report

Farmer David fights Monsanto Goliath; and it's not torture if Bush says it's not

"...Monsanto's hired spies found that some of the corporation's patented, genetically altered canola plants were in Percy's fields and..."

July 2, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

Reefer Roundup 12/23/10

News from the frontline of the drug war

"...Additional reform to crack sentencing laws on the horizon? Could it be?..."

Dec. 23, 2010 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Roundup: 12/30/11

Your drug war news

"...have pot use on the rise among teens, federal lawmakers afraid of needles, the Adderall mafia, and Gary Johnson..."

Dec. 30, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

Feds remain illogically steadfast in opposition to medicinal marijuana

"...to medi-mari is based on government insistence that medi-pot laws "don't work and lead to drug-related violence," breeding "abuse,..."

Aug. 17, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...a new game, called "Pick Out Savlov's Factual Errors" (patent pending). This week's game-winning selection appears in Savlov's review..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Column

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...usual suspects in this irreverent comedy-whodunit directed by edgy Laws of Gravity' director Nick Gomez. (Mar. 3)..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Run, Max, Run

"...of the "few rough spots" in the current education law not discussed by Roseana Auten in her January 3,..."

Jan. 17, 1997 Column

The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown

How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business

"...and innovative bar tools and were going through the patent process when they first heard about 307 W. Fifth...."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Lindsay Stafford Mader

Clearing Their Name

Oasis, Texas not backing down in brand dispute

"...intention of surrendering to New Belgium Brewing. In a lawsuit filed Feb. 9, the beer giant is suing the..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Food Feature by Anna Toon

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a federal law that prohibits bribery of foreign officials...."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Postmarks

Differing takes on Town Lake going Greek; too many zeros for Babich; and the Chronicle film reviewers take another hit.

"...the endless miles of cookie-cutter houses with postage stamp lawns punctuated by generic strip malls, the noisy, criss-crossing web..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Column

Sand Beach Battle

Sand Beach Reserve on the north shore of Town Lake is the subject of a land-use and legal dispute.

"...plan, in hopes that the city -- or the law -- will intervene to stop the planned acquisition of..."

Oct. 1, 1999 News Feature by Jenny Staff Johnson

Homelessness and Mobility Top District 5 and 8 Issues

A southwest state of mind

"...transit corridors. Stephanie Bazan, a communications officer for a law firm who has worked with the Hispanic Impact Fund,..."

Aug. 26, 2022 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Death Watch: Is Randall Mays "Competent" to Die?

Trial court stays execution to consider if he's mentally unfit, again

"...be executed and why – which was all the law required...."

Oct. 11, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Putting Your Money Where Your Mouse Is

Austin filmmakers on the promises and perils of crowdfunding

"...hours after the campaign ended, local intellectual property specialist law practice Cesari & Reed, LLP contacted him: The partners..."

Nov. 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

CodeNEXT Prepares to Rewrite Austin

Sound Check, a week of city development code-related events, kicks off Nov. 16

"...Mechele Dickerson, 53, UT Law professor, Circle C neighborhood resident: "The main thing is..."

Nov. 13, 2015 News Feature by Katie Matlack

Death Watch: CCA Dismisses Buck Appeal

Ignores question of racial bias in defendant's trial

"...the Legislature intended" to happen under the state's habeas laws, she wrote...."

Nov. 20, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Flat-Track Snack Attack: Frito-Lay vs. Crackerjack

A Texas Rollergirl defends her name

"...so a year ago, Bell applied to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to protect her skate name. "It's..."

April 24, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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