FTC New Guidance on Unfair Competition
In a move characterized as “unprecedented,” on August 13, 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Statement of Enforcement Principles describing the principles that guide FTC’s enforcement against “methods of unfair competition” prohibited under Section 5 of the FTC Act. It is not yet clear what prompted the FTC pronouncement or what impact it […]
GH&C Attorneys Win Music Industry Trademark Case
After a year-long battle, national touring and recording artist Dan Matthews and his American alternative rock band, “The Black Clouds,” can finally get their name back. Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla attorneys, led by Christopher J. Marino, Esq., succeeded in cancelling a nearly identical trademark registration obtained by a competing band. To read the full article, […]