While some changes brought by the implementation of the Trademark Modernization Act (“TMA”) four years ago have been well publicized and integrated into daily trademark practice, others are only just now starting to impact the United States Patent and Trademark...

Managing Partner Aaron Silverstein has been named to the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2025 "Go To Lawyer" list for Intellectual Property. The "Go To Lawyer" list recognizes attorneys who are leaders in their field and the Massachusetts legal community with a history of success. They were nominated by their colleagues and chosen by a panel from Lawyers Weekly. Aaron has more than 20 years of...

Musical artists often spend years or even decades cultivating a loyal audience by building a brand around their stage names. These stage names develop into valuable trademarks with rights and goodwill built through the careful creation and production of original music. Recently, however, these stage name trademarks are facing a new and unconventional method of infringement.In recent years, some...

Eight Mile Style LLC, the publishing company that controls the copyrights for Marshall Mathers’ (aka "Eminem") songs, has filed suit against Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) for what it calls “rampant infringement” of the rapper’s musical compositions. Complaint at 3, Eight Mile Style, LLC and Martin Affiliated, LLC v. Meta Platforms, Inc., No. 2:25-cv-11618-BRM-DRG (E.D. Mich. Filed May 30, 2025)....

Saunders & Silverstein LLP is proud to announce that the firm has been ranked for the first time in the 2025 edition of the prestigious Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The firm received recognition for its Intellectual Property practice in Massachusetts, a significant milestone that underscores its excellence in the field. This inaugural ranking...

Saunders & Silverstein LLP is proud to announce that Managing Partner Aaron Silverstein and Partner Mike Rizzo have been recognized as 2025 IP STARS by Managing IP. Both attorneys earned distinction as Trademark Stars – United States (National) and Massachusetts. This year marks Mike's first inclusion in the guide. Managing IP’s IP STARS is the industry’s leading rankings publication,...

The debate about the integrity of the U.S. trademark register and the prevalence of fraudulent registrations has been raging for years. Fraudulent registrations clutter up the trademark register, diluting brand owners’ trademark rights and posing obstacles to the adoption and registration of legitimate trademarks. Dealing with them costs brand owners valuable time, money, and energy.  These two...

Art may imitate life, but two prestigious universities may wish that it didn’t. In recent weeks, Pepperdine University and Duke University have both taken issue with Warner Bros. due to trademarks featured in two of the production company’s recent popular shows, Running Point and The White Lotus. The universities’ unique situations present an interesting trademark enforcement question: what can...

Using copyrighted content sourced from social media platforms on blogs, webpages, and in other social media posts always comes with risk of infringement claims if the poster doesn’t have a license to use that content. With how fast and easy it is to share content online today—especially since many established social media platforms readily offer sharing links and coding to embed...

Even as its fate in the United States remains to be decided, TikTok remains one of the most popular social media platforms. TikTok Shop, an online shopping platform within the application, allows users to create a mini retail storefront within the application and offer products for sale. TikTok Shop has proved to be an instant success with users, featuring more than 15 million active sellers and...