With recent high profile cyber-attacks against Sony and other companies, data hacking has quickly risen to forefront of issues on the President’s agenda. That’s why, as widely anticipated, the President took the opportunity...more
In this Bulletin:
- Intellectual Property: Guidance to the Upstart Tech Company for Protecting IP Rights
- Mergers & Acquisitions: Five Legal Issues Entrepreneurs Should Consider Before Agreeing To an Earn-Out...more
2/5/2015
/ Aerospace ,
Business Assets ,
Business Litigation ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Financing ,
Defamation ,
Drones ,
Earn-Outs ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Emerging Technology Companies ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Equity Financing ,
Startups ,
Wage and Hour
Introduction -
Following an economic downturn, lenders are inundated with lender liability suits typically based on purported promises to extend the maturity dates of loans, alter the terms of loan agreements, or to...more
In This Issue:
- Legal Considerations for Web Based Start-Ups
- California’s Water Anxiety Prompts Landmark Groundwater Legislation
- Points from the President
- Factor Beware: A Judgment Lien...more
12/9/2014
/ Conflicts of Interest ,
Consumer Bankruptcy ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Groundwater ,
Groundwater Management Plan ,
Judgment Creditors ,
Judgment Liens ,
Lenders ,
Mobile Devices ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patents ,
Startups ,
Websites
The United States Copyright Act does not discriminate between two or more joint infringers, even if one infringer is found to be more “blameworthy”. As a result, distributors of copyrighted works must take special care to...more
The Expansion of Anti-SLAPP Motions into Copyright and Trademark Cases and the Threat to the Existence of Anti-SLAPP Motions in Federal Courts -
California Code of Civil Procedure Section 425.16 (the “anti-SLAPP”...more
In This Issue:
- It’s Always Something: The Repeated Assaults on Licensee Rights in Bankruptcy
- Clearance: Start Early and Avoid the Clutter
- New Faces
- Points from the President
- The...more
7/29/2013
/ Advertising ,
Anti-SLAPP ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Commingling ,
Copyright ,
Executory Contracts ,
Fees ,
First Sale Doctrine ,
Gray Market Goods ,
Independent Contractors ,
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons ,
Licenses ,
Logos ,
Manufacturers ,
Modeling ,
SCOTUS ,
Talent Agencies Act ,
Trademarks