Another day, another JD Supra Corporate Brief. Ain’t life grand? More regulation equals more benefits for global businesses (Reed Smith) Planning to buy cloud-based services? Read this first (Sands Anderson) The EEOC just settled its first ever complaint alleging genetic discrimination under GINA (but it probably won’t be the last…) (Proskauer) Our view: any rule… Read more »
Taking the A Train into the office? Take the JD Supra Corporate Brief with you: How to lead a corporation in crisis? Go light on the consensus building and democratic decision-making… (Bloomberg Law) Is your anti-corruption compliance program as good as Ralph Lauren’s? (Polsinelli) Counterfeit electronic parts in the supply chain are a problem for… Read more »
For your convenience, here’s a roundup of recent legal commentary and analysis on a broad range of issues facing companies doing business in and with China, on data privacy and protection, merger control regulations, employment law, intellectual property, corruption, and more: Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Issues Draft Provisions Governing Protection of Personal… Read more »
“Trademark owners have a duty to police their mark… The cost of dropping the ball on this duty can range from a bar on future enforcement of your rights against a particular company to a complete loss of all trademark rights.” (Mintz Levin) Applying for and obtaining a trademark is just the first step –… Read more »
[Link: AIA Impact on University Innovation and Tech Transfer - Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.] IP lawyer Robert Sterne at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox has a message for universities and technology centers that generate revenue from patent portfolios built around R&D: the America Invents Act (AIA) changes everything. And not in a particularly… Read more »
Do business in Europe? Here’s a roundup of recent commentary and analysis on conducting business in Europe, including REACH regulations, patent classification, taxation, mobile apps, dawn raids, and more: Some clarification regarding challenges to REACH candidate listing (K&L Gates LLP): “In a series of recent judgments the EU General Court has given some guidance to companies… Read more »
[Link: gTLD Update for February 2013 - Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.] “The universe of generic top-level domains (gTLDs), currently limited to about a dozen gTLDs such as .com, .net, and .org, will likely explode later this year, as some of the more than 1000 potential new gTLDs are rolled out, including vanity TLDs,… Read more »
What’s new in intellectual property law? For starters: the White House strategy for combatting theft of US trade secrets, the Trademark Clearinghouse, and the growing backlash against “patent trolls.” You should know… 1. The Obama Administration’s strategy on trade secret theft: “Theft of trade secrets by persons acting on behalf of foreign governments and… Read more »
[Link: What the First-to-File Patent Change Means (And What IP Strategists Should Do About It)] On March 16, 2013, the long-awaited “first-to-file” provisions of the America Invents Act go into effect. For your convenience, here’s a JD Supra roundup of most recent commentary and analysis on the historic change: Does The Experimental Use Exception Survive… Read more »
From online privacy, to revised labor laws, to health care considerations, and more … here’s a roundup of recent legal advisories covering a broad range of issues on doing business in the People’s Republic of China. For your reference: Privacy in China: New Rule to Protect Personal Information (Dechert LLP): “The Standing Committee of the… Read more »
“The first-to-file system has the advantage of simplicity. It is difficult to prove when a person first mentally conceived of an invention, but it is easy to prove the date on which a patent application was filed. This enhanced simplicity, however, comes at a cost: instead of rewarding the earliest inventor, it rewards the inventor… Read more »
Welcome to our latest Corporate Law Report. You know what to do: Watch the video overview above and, for any topics that interest you, go deeper with the legal analysis and commentary below>> 1. Need-to-know – in the workplace: Employers Should Use Revised FCRA Disclosure for Employees and Job Applicants – Sutherland Asbill & Brennan… Read more »
We’re less than two months away from the official launch of “First-to-File” in the United States. From Tom Kohler of law firm Downs Rachlin Martin: “The America Invents Act or ‘AIA’ was signed into law by President Obama on September 16, 2011. After an eighteen month waiting period, on March 16, 2013, two months from… Read more »
Earlier this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a promise not to sue a competitor for infringing its trademark means that Nike won’t have to face a lawsuit challenging the validity of that mark. Michael Boudett of law firm Foley Hoag explains: “Nike, having sued competitor Already LLC for infringing its marks, later issued… Read more »
“Congress enacted the [Economic Espionage Act of 1996] to provide ‘a systematic approach to the problem of economic espionage.’ The EEA was designed to reflect the increasing importance of ‘intangible assets’ like trade secrets in the ‘high-technology, information age,’ as well as the growing threat posed by the theft of such proprietary information and the… Read more »
