Davis Wright Tremain – Fluid trademarks are a good strategy to capture the attention of millennials, but certain steps should be taken Confident, self-expressive, diverse, technologically savvy, optimistic – just some of the adjectives commonly used to describe millennials, the newest generational cohort and the current apple of the marketing world’s eye. However, they are …
Xerox-xls.com – In February, the White House appointed DJ Patil as the first “chief data scientist” in U.S. history in order to address the challenges of Big Data, who will be tasked with trying to use that data to create efficiencies, promote innovation and unlock economic potential. Businesses face a similar situation in dealing with …
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Drinker Biddle – By Patrick M. Harrington and Sandra K. Jones According to their recent press release, Intrexon Corp (NYSE:XON) recently purchased a Canadian specialty food producer, namely Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc., the inventor of the “Arctic®” apple. If you have not yet heard about Arctic Apples in the news, these are everyday apples that …
Loeb & Loeb – Recent legislation provides a framework for inheritance rights of children conceived after the death of one or both parents in very specific circumstances. Background – How We Got Here: It has always been possible for a child, conceived during the lives of both parents, to be born after one of them …
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 …
LONDON and WASHINGTON, July 21, 2014 — In the July/August 2014 issue of Intellectual Property Magazine, Baker Botts partners Neil Coulson and Mark Whitaker discuss recent developments in the UK and the US regarding medical devices, and as it becomes harder for righstholders to control the flow of infringing medical products, they review developing case …
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Davis Polk advised Mongolian Mining Corporation as borrower in connection with its Hong Kong-law governed secured term loan facilities of up to $200 million. The facilities were guaranteed by certain subsidiaries of Mongolian Mining Corporation. BNP Paribas, Singapore Branch and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited were the lead arrangers. The facilities share common …
