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October 08, 2010 |

Law Firm "Apprentices:" They're Like Associates, Only Shorter, Sorta

With the recession making associate hours almost unbillable to corporate clients, law firms are finding themselves with a surplus of manpower and in a hiring dilemma: stop recruiting altogether or find ways to bring in and train new talent on the cheap.
3 minute read
February 07, 2001 |

NFL Denied Attorneys' Fees in Copyright Litigation

The NFL will not get attorneys' fees despite its one-sided court victory in New York over a satellite service that illegally re-transmitted football games into Canada. Although the satellite service based its argument on a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals case that was later rejected by the 2nd Circuit, a federal judge in New York said the reliance on that case was not "objectively unreasonable."
4 minute read
August 17, 2009 |

Superman Co-Creator's Heirs Win Rights to Early Stories

A federal judge has ruled that the heirs of Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel are co-owners of copyrights to the first two weeks of the daily newspaper strips and other early material. The ruling allows the Siegels to recapture stories of Superman's origins on Krypton, his launch as a baby into space and his crash-landing on Earth. Warner Brothers and DC Comics retain the rights to some other elements associated with the character, including his ability to fly, the term "kryptonite" and villain Lex Luthor.
2 minute read
August 21, 2008 |

Have IP Boutiques Gone Extinct? Hardly

When patent litigator John Gallagher left his IP boutique for a general practice firm he predicted "few if any IP boutiques [will be] around" in the future. Similar predictions have been made for more than a decade: IP specialty firms faced extinction like dinosaurs destined to die out in a changing climate. Yet many IP boutiques thrive. Large IP specialty firms more than hold their own, even in high-stakes litigation. And small IP boutiques are growing, helped by increasingly cost-conscious clients.
11 minute read
September 22, 2004 |

Putting a Legal Lock on 'Kryptonite'

A New York federal judge has ruled that DC Comics, owner of the Superman franchise, owns a valid trademark in "kryptonite" that can be protected from dilution and infringement by a bicycle lock company that adopted the name. Judge Richard Owen issued several summary judgment rulings favorable to DC Comics, but he refused to dismiss a claim that DC breached a contract on limited trademark use, leaving most of the issue for trial.
4 minute read
December 17, 2003 |

Many Pennie & Edmonds Lawyers Joining Jones Day

4 minute read
February 07, 2005 |

Bringing a New Slogan to Life

General Electric Co.'s $44 billion-dollar brand is getting a makeover, and Kathryn Barrett Park, the company's trademark counsel, is working in overdrive to make it happen. As the principal lawyer for GE's marketing team, Barrett Park does everything from trying to ensure that the new ad campaign doesn't cause legal problems, to obtaining the necessary rights for the new brand, to taking steps to protect the new custom-designed font of GE's new slogan.
3 minute read
September 24, 2012 |

In-House at Large Public Companies

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November 17, 2011 |

Representing Corporate New Jersey

13 minute read
October 20, 2011 |

In-House at Large Public Companies

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