Polsinelli – Trademark rights arise out of use in commerce, and can provide protection for your name, brand, and reputation in the community provided, that the marks are continuously used in connection with your goods or services. While brands change over time, whether the result of re-branding or through mergers or other acquisitions, it is […]
Polsinelli – Arbitration is sometimes touted as less expensive and less risky for businesses than traditional courtroom litigation, especially when it comes to consumer disputes. But disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong’s most recent legal loss exposes some of the risks that face those who elect to arbitrate their disputes rather than go to court. The Armstrong
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Sylvia Stolz, a former German lawyer who has links with the country’s extreme right movement has been sentenced to 20 months’ jail for inciting racial hatred and denying the holocaust. The offences arose as a result of a speech given by Ms Stolz in 2012 when she said a court of law had never proved
“As a unanimous jury has found, for nearly a decade, Khaled al Fawwaz played a critical role for al Qaeda in its murderous conspiracy against America. Dedicating himself to al Qaeda in the early 1990s, Fawwaz was one of Osama bin Laden’s original and most trusted lieutenants, serving first as the leader of an
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Follow Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP – Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade held a hearing during which there was a discussion of a Congressional proposal for a federal data breach statute. Currently, there are 47 different state data breach notification laws, with seven states introducing a
Skadden Arps – The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) can have a significant impact on transactions involving foreign acquirers. Parties considering cross-border merger and acquisition transactions should be aware of the following recent developments in this area and consider their potential implications. Impact of the Ralls Decision In September 2012, on
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Silicon Valley lawsuits normally involve IP or antitrust issues, not sex discrimination, sexual harassment and other more seedy suits. However the current suit-de-jour in the Valley is the lawsuit by form Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers employee Ellen Pao. Kleiner Perkins’ are the most famous of all Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists and to have a
The man who shot “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and another man two years ago has been found guilty. Former marine Eddie Ray Routh’s trial was a high profile affair following the shooting death of Kyle and the other man at a shooting range two years ago. The “American Sniper” movie has been a massive box
Jeffrey Schox is a patent attorney with his own boutique law practise, ensconsced in the San Francisco SoMA neighbourhood. But his firm’s cash flow has been enhanced by an attribute Mr Schox has developed that has made him uniquely talented in his ability to identify profitable startups. In fact, he’s been so successful that he
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LOS ANGELES – A federal grand jury today indicted a Dutch national on federal computer hacking and identity theft charges related to the theft of digital versions of three motion pictures. Joey Vogelaar, who used the online monikers of “TyPeR” and “neXus,” was named in a two-count indictment that alleges unauthorized access
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