As a bilingual Advertising, Marketing and Promotions Law attorney, I actually like to look at the ads around me wherever I may be in whatever language. As I was traveling this past weekend, I noticed an ad in Spanish, which read “Sus vacactiones son nuestra vacacion.” Although it is not really part of my job […]

By now, just about everyone has probably heard of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, better known as GDPR. Although GDPR applies to EU citizens, given the nature of websites, GDPR generally applies to all. It is probably not realistic, at least not yet, to give websites the intelligence to differentiate between EU citizens and […]

I think we can agree that for the most part, websites are important business tools.  Websites have the ability to do so much to help businesses grow by reaching a much wider audience than we can on a one on one basis.  Also, websites are helpful tools to introduce and describe our products/services.  Websites usually […]

Do you have the legal right to use a photo of yourself that someone else took?  Do you need an IP clearance to use the photo of yourself? This is where the IP clearance of marketing campaigns asks the question, who owns the copyright to that photo you want to use?  Although one may think […]

What is an Intellectual Property (IP) clearance? Do you need it? When marketing campaigns use any artwork, regardless of its format (music, video, photos, graffiti, murals, etc.), I usually ask the clients, where did it come from? Is it original or borrowed? Most importantly, does the client have the legal right to use such artwork […]

When I meet with new clients to discuss the legal aspects of their marketing campaigns, one of the first questions addressed is advertising in Spanish, as I offer review of such campaigns.  It always surprises me when the client tells me advertising in Spanish is not a consideration.  Why? There are so many different reasons, […]

How do you feel when someone you trust lies to you about something important? Personally, I feel betrayed, maybe even violated depending on what the lie was. One thing is for sure, how do you trust someone who has lied about something important thereafter? Now lets apply this concept to business… TRANSPARENCY is crucial for […]