My niece is possibly the biggest Taylor Swift fan on the planet. She has all of Taylor’s albums, has read every book written about her, and knows the lyrics to each of her songs. She owns endless Taylor Swift t-shirts, sweatshirts and even shoes. She’s also been to a concert for each of Taylor’s tours. […]
Over the 4th of July holiday, our family watched ‘National Treasure.’ The movie stars Nicholas Cage as Benjamin Franklin Gates, a historian who is searching for the hoarded wealth of the Knights Templar, which ended up in the hands of the Freemasons. Gates needs to find our national treasure before the bad guys. The map […]
When I was a kid, I loved to play with Play-Doh, the colored modeling compound that’s like clay but stays soft. I had the Play-Doh barber shop. You could put characters in the barber chair and squeeze the dough out tiny holes in their heads to make their “hair” grow. Then you could trim the […]
I love living in Wisconsin. We get to celebrate all four seasons. We have perennial sports powerhouses like the Packers and Badgers, and the Brewers and Bucks are getting better and better. We have tons of rivers and lakes for kayaking and swimming, and lots of forests and trails to hike. And lots of cheese. […]
Last week I wrote about the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The law was adopted after President Reagan watched ‘War Games,’ a movie about a teenager who accidentally hacked into a government computer and almost started a nuclear war with Russia. This week’s article is about a teenager who used a cheat hack in the […]
Many companies and individuals work hard to develop a unique business name, product name, or logo. These words, phrases, or symbols are called trademarks. Trademarks are used to identify the source of a product or service. Once you have put in that hard work to develop your trademark, how do you protect it from use […]
When I was a kid, our family collected books of the ‘Garfield’ comic strips. I loved the hijinks of the crabby tabby, including the mistreatment of his owner, Jon, and Odie the dog. His hatred of Mondays was only exceeded by his love of lasagna. Back in the heyday, ‘Garfield’ books flew off the shelves. […]
Last week, after an awesome Thanksgiving spent with family and friends, my family and I braved the crowds and went Black Friday shopping. We got a lot of great deals on some family-centric items, including some movies, video games, and board games. I can’t believe how many board games there are these days, including many […]
Football season is finally here. This past Saturday night I was flipping through the channels and found a college football game. As my TV screen filled with a gigantic blue football field, I knew instantly that the game was being played at Boise State University’s Albertsons Stadium, home of the blue turf. I first remember […]
Early on in every lawyer’s career we learn how to write a cease-and-desist letter, or as our office calls them, ‘nasty-grams.’ This is a letter that is written to a person or organization that is doing something that they shouldn’t. The letter informs them that they should cease doing what they shouldn’t and not ever […]