Trademark Threats on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Other Social Media

Mr. Anderson advocates for clients before U.S. federal courts and the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and he frequently assists his clients in developing strategies for multijurisdictional trademark enforcement, defense, and protection before trademark offices around the world. During his nearly 20 years as a business advisor to brand and IP owners on their legal strategies and enforcement programs, he has addressed such issues as trademark and copyright infringement triggered by online and offline activities, cybersquatting and domain name claims, rights of publicity, trade dress, three-dimensional trademarks, anonymously posted content, copyright protection for software and visual works, negotiation, sale and acquisition of trademark rights, distribution of mobile content, and privacy and online advertising issues.

Mr. Ballon is an intellectual property and internet litigator. He represents clients in copyright, DMCA, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity, privacy, security, software, database and internet- and mobile-related disputes and in the defense of data privacy, cybersecurity breach, adtech and behavioral advertising, TCPA and other internet-related class action suits. Mr. Ballon is the author of the five-volume legal treatise, E-Commerce and Internet Law: Treatise With Forms 2d Edition (West 2008 & 2022 Cum. Supp.)

Mr. Wassom litigates disputes and counsels clients in a wide range of commercial and intellectual property matters. He focuses in matters of creative expression, commercial identity and privacy, which spans the legal doctrines of copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, advertising, journalism and related fields. He has become a globally recognized thought leader in the brand-new legal issues raised by augmented reality and other cutting-edge emerging media.