by Sara Gold, Esq. | Oct 11, 2025 | Gold Nuggets
In a rare instance of trademarks colliding with labor law, Trader Joe’s sued its own labor union for trademark infringement! Read more my latest article published October 1, 2025 on IP Watchdog. Trader Joe’s sued the labor union, called Trader Joe’s United, for...
by Sara Gold, Esq. | May 5, 2025 | Gold Nuggets
Check out my article published March 11, 2025 on the “IP Watchdog” legal news website! This article discusses the early stages of Pepperdine University’s trademark infringement lawsuit against Netflix. Filed in February 2025 one week before the...
by Sara Gold, Esq. | Oct 17, 2024 | Gold Nuggets
Check out my article published October 15, 2024 on the “IP Watchdog” legal news website! This article was published as a predictive piece prior to the trial court’s long-awaited ruling in January 2025 in Jack Daniel’s v. VIP Products. The parties’...
by Sara Gold, Esq. | Jun 11, 2024 | Gold Nuggets
Check out my article published June 11, 2024 on the IP Watchdog legal news website! Celebrity tattoo artist Kat Von D recreated a photograph of a famous musician in ink on her client’s arm and posted photos of the process online. Netflix docuseries “Tiger King”...
by Sara Gold, Esq. | May 20, 2024 | Gold Nuggets
Copyright owners are the winners of the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest copyright ruling in Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy. Issued May 9, 2024, the Nealy ruling preserves legal benefits for copyright owners who fail to file suit within the traditional three-year...
by Sara Gold, Esq. | May 30, 2023 | Gold Nuggets
Andy Warhol’s adaptation of Lynn Goldsmith’s 1981 photograph of musician Prince was copyright infringement and not fair use, according to the Supreme Court in its May 2023 opinion authored by Justice Sotomayor. A quick summary of copyright fair use: Fair use is an...
