Music transmits emotions, exalts any experience, and enriches any content. Thanks to these attributes, we are tempted to include music in our content when we create videos, applications, video games, advertisements, publications, and so on. Before making use of any … Continue reading Music synchronization
The story usually begins when someone publishes a content of cultural origin that triggers a reaction from the public, a community, or a group. This happens across multiple areas such as fashion, music, film, and art. Cultural appropriation happens when … Continue reading Cultural appropriation
Social media, as a great content dissemination platform, can be friends or foes of your Intellectual Property. Of course, it all depends on how you handle them. Each social media has its own procedure, here are a few of them: … Continue reading Intellectual Property in social media
The simple answer: you register your Intellectual Property wherever you will use it. First, you identify what type of registration corresponds to your intangible property. Second, identify whether your market or audience will be local, national, regional, or global. 1. … Continue reading Where do I register my Intellectual Property?
Building on my previous post on “Choose Your Trademark,” let us explore more about the descriptive or generic trademark. On the one hand, the descriptive trademark is the one that describes in part or in whole the product or service … Continue reading The obvious trademark
Since the protection of industrial property (trademarks, patents, industrial designs…) is generally granted by registration, both Dominican law as well as various international treaties establish the … Continue reading Priority – Dominican Republic
To know your rights as a trademark holder is as important as to know your limits. When you exercise the protection over your registered trademark please bear … Continue reading How far can I go with my registered trademark? – Dominican Republic
If you have a significant amount of time without using or just barely using your registered trademark and “out of nowhere” comes a non-use trademark cancellation … Continue reading Defense against trademark cancellation request – Dominican Republic
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