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11/18/2021

John Farmer's November column:

Being a social media influencer sounds like the path to easy riches. Build a large following, often on Instagram, and then advertisers flock to you with free products and money.

11/18/2021

John Farmer's October column:

If you’ve ever watched a Notre Dame football game on television, you’ve probably seen where the Notre Dame football players tap the iconic sign that says “Play Like a Champion Today” before taking the field. It turns out Notre Dame’s relationship with this signature slogan is complicated. ...

07/21/2021

John Farmer's latest column: Behold Your Everyday NFT Future

Are you interested in NFTs? You will have to use them eventually. What does your future hold?NFT stands for “non-fungible token.” It’s a record on a blockchain of the ownership and transfer history of an asset. Blockchain technology is attractive because it creates an unalterable computer reco...

06/24/2021

John Farmer's latest column: Supreme Court Paves the Way for Paying Big-Time College Athletes

The handwriting of the Supreme Court is on the wall. If left to the courts, they will rule that NCAA college amateurism rules violate antitrust law. I expect major-college athletes, at least football and men’s basketball players, will be paid employees easily within a decade, perhaps much sooner.Y...

05/18/2021

John Farmer's latest column:

Have you heard about “smart contracts”? Are they contracts like the kind you sign? What can you do with them right now? Will they replace lawyers?They come up in discussion of the latest investment craze, NFT’s. Popular NFT’s include NBA Top Shot, digital art, and items that can be used in o...

04/21/2021

Here is John Farmer's latest column:

http://brandbodyguards.com/how-did-some-central-virginia-trademark-fights-turn-out-did-we-learn-anything/

03/18/2021

John Farmer's latest column:

Perhaps you missed out on becoming instantly crazy rich by not buying Gamestop stock when the Reddit crowd was sending it to the Moon. Would you now like to try your luck on digital non-fungible tokens such as, perhaps, a hot Moment in NBA Top Shot? If so, what are you really buying? Is the investme...

02/22/2021

Newspaper version of John's latest column:

Important new tools for attacking illegitimate trademark registrations will be available by the end of 2021.

02/17/2021

John Farmer's latest column: New Law Creates Fast-Track Process for Challenging Fraudulent Trademark Registrations from China. Will Big U.S. Trademark Interests Succeed in Gutting It?

At the end of 2020, President Trump signed into law a Covid-19 relief bill containing important new tools for attacking illegitimate trademark registrations. They address a big problem, fraudulent trademark registrations, which frequently come from China. These fraudulent registrations block busines...

01/26/2021

John Farmer's latest column:

On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the latest Covid-19 stimulus bill. While the $600 checks dominated the news, tucked away in the over 5000-page bill is a new small-claims court for copyright-infringement claims.This court will be useful for businesses having claims that aren’t...

01/07/2021

John Farmer's latest column:

How college athletes will get paid is coming into focus. The Supreme Court just took a case that could expand what colleges provide to athletes. Meanwhile, the NCAA plans to issue rules in early 2021 on how athletes can earn money using their names, images, and likenesses (“NIL”).The Supreme Cou...

11/30/2020

Newspaper version of John's latest column:

The battle over whether college athletes should earn money from their names, images, and likeness is over.