Brendan J. O'Rourke

ICM Registry Offers Owners of Registered Trademarks the Opportunity to Opt Out Of .xxx Top Level Domain Names
Joseph A. Capraro,Brendan J. O'Rourke,Lawrence I. Weinstein, October 5, 2011
In March 2011, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the .xxx sponsored top level domain (sTLD) designed for use by the adult entertainment industry. Domain names that previously were unavailable as .com, .net, or .org will now be available as .xxx. The .xxx sTLD...

Exposé-ing Trademark Concerns in the Entertainment Industry: Who Owns a Band's Name—the Band Members or the Entertainment Company?
Sandra A. Crawshaw,Dolores F. Dibella,Brendan J. O'Rourke, July 13, 2011
The Eleventh Circuit recently affirmed a ruling from the Southern District of Florida that found members of the 1980s group, Exposé, to be common-law owners of the Exposé mark, despite an ownership claim by the alleged successor of the original entertainment company that had created...