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By Scott Flaherty | August 28, 2017
Former U.S. International Trade Commission Judge Theodore Essex has joined Hogan Lovells' intellectual property practice in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Monday.
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By Lori A. Buza and Karen Beerbower | August 28, 2017
The case of "The Slants" -- in June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the provision of the Lanham Act, known as the "disparagement clause," which has governed trademark registration for the past 71 years.
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By John Del Piero, Discovia;Jennifer Swanton, Medtronic;Tony Cardine, O'Melveny Myers | August 28, 2017
When it comes to departures or transactions, employment agreements and data security can only get you so far without a proactive plan.
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By Karen Artz Ash and Alexandra R. Caleca | August 28, 2017
Karen Artz Ash and Alexandra R. Caleca of Katten Muchin Rosenman write: Whether dressed up as the "Three Change Rule," the "Five Change Rule" or the "20% Rule," there simply is no "rule," and any designer who relies on the common misconception that making a set number of changes will circumvent infringement puts their business at risk.
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | August 28, 2017
Inaccurate Information Was Not Knowingly Included in Registration of Library's Copyright
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By Scott Graham | August 25, 2017
Andrei Iancu, a heavy-hitting patent litigator and managing partner of Irell & Manella has been tapped to replace Michelle Lee as director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 25, 2017
Court transferred patent infringement case to the Western District of Pennsylvania under the first-filed doctrine because the claims and parties were substantially similar, the cases involved the same accused products and the defendants in the cases were in privity. Motion to transfer granted.
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By Scott Graham | August 24, 2017
A patent case filed against Amazon in Texas and transferred to California raised an interesting choice-of-law question for U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar, who ruled it's too late to disqualify Latham from the case.
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By Todd Cunningham | August 24, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, ruling after a June argument in the Pasadena, California, U.S. courthouse, unanimously upheld an injunction entered by the federal district court on the request of three Hollywood studios: Disney, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. The order prevents VidAngel from selling its technology that allows people to filter movies to remove content the user finds offensive.
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By Meghan Tribe | August 24, 2017
Maria Scungio, co-chair of the trademark, copyright and advertising practice at Locke Lord, has left the firm to join Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks in New York. Scungio is the latest former partner at Edwards Wildman Palmer—absorbed by Locke Lord in early 2015—to leave the combined firm.
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