Gregory (Greg) J. Krabacher

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Attorney Greg Krabacher is a trusted adviser and skilled litigator who partners with health care organizations and other clients in a variety of industries to find solutions for their intellectual property, information technology, and privacy and data protection matters. His diverse practice covers counseling, registration, compliance, transactions, and litigation.

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The 99 Year Dilution Dilemma: What’s the Harm if No Confusion?

By Gregory (Greg) J. Krabacher on Posted in Advertising & Marketing, Branding, Case Studies, Copyright, Europe, Trademarks, United States
The Theory of Dilution Crosses the Pond By Gregory J. Krabacher, Epstein Becker Green. The origin story for the cause of action of “dilution” in the United States begins with Frank Schechter’s 1927 Harvard Law Review article, Rational Basis of Trademark Protection. [i]  Indeed the U.S. Supreme Court credits Mr. Schechter’s work as the “seminal … Continue Reading

Searching for Civility in U.S. Trademarks  

By Gregory (Greg) J. Krabacher on Posted in Branding, Copyright, Legislation, Trademarks, United States
After more than a hundred years of settled U.S. trademark policy, an interesting problem has developed for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). How to square the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decisions striking down parts of the federal Lanham Act with the USPTO’s historical rejection of immoral, scandalous, or disparaging trademarks?  Whether by … Continue Reading

Charting a Course on AI Policy: the U.S. Copyright Office Speaks! 

By Gregory (Greg) J. Krabacher on Posted in Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, Legislation, Privacy Compliance, Protection & Enforcement, Trademarks, United States
By Gregory J. Krabacher, Epstein Becker Green  Recently, the U.S. Copyright Office published the second of an intended three-part report entitled “Copyright and Artificial Intelligence.” Here are those three parts:   Collectively, this report – I’ll refer to it here as the “AI Report” –  is intended to provide the Copyright Office’s perspective on fundamental questions … Continue Reading
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