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K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup - March 2025 #3

Kaufman & Canoles on 3/18/2025

Former University of Michigan football players are fighting to keep a proposed class action seeking $50 million in compensation for their names, images and likenesses in Michigan federal court and fend off what they called...more

The Employment Law Reporter: Winter 2024

Rivkin Radler LLP on 1/9/2024

Here is what we cover in this issue of The Employment Law Reporter: •A federal district court in New York has dismissed employment discrimination claims brought under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and...more

International Trade Commission Issues Report of COVID-19 IP Waiver

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 11/9/2023

It came as something of a shock in May, 2021 when the Biden administration voiced support for waiver of intellectual property protection mandated under the TRIPS agreement for COVID-19 vaccines (see "Biden Administration...more

Insurance Update - November 21 2022

Rivkin Radler LLP on 11/22/2022

Our November Insurance Update covers several topics. We’ve seen cases on whether contractors who repair homes can recover directly from insurers through assignments. The Nebraska Supreme Court now considers whether a...more

USPTO Extends Its Pilot Program for Expedited Review of COVID-19-Associated Patent Applications

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/6/2022

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has extended its pilot program for expedited review of COVID-19-associated patent applications to 30 June 2022. This is the third extension of the COVID-19 Prioritized Examination...more

Kattison Avenue/Katten Kattwalk | Issue 1 - Winter 2022

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 1/27/2022

New York Proposes Significant Regulation for Fashion Industry: The ‘Fashion Sustainability and Social Accountability Act’ - On January 7, New York State Senator Alessandra Biaggi and Assemblywoman Anna R. Kelles introduced...more

JONES DAY TALKS®: Women in IP: 2021 in Review

Jones Day on 12/10/2021

Jones Day partners Meredith Wilkes, Patricia Campbell, and Sarah Geers discuss the implementation of the Trademark Modernization Act, the recent decision in Thaler v Hirshfeld – a case involving protections for works created...more

Changes to Trademark Procedures at the USPTO

Brooks Pierce on 12/3/2021

In the waning days of 2020 and in the heights of the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the Trademark Modernization Act. It directed the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to change certain procedures in...more

USPTO Works To Fight Fraud

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/30/2021

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has seen a surge in trademark filings by 40%, which is the greatest number of new applications in trademark history. This rise in...more

Sports & Entertainment Spotlight: What the Supreme Court Ruling in Alston v. NCAA Means for the Future of College Sports

Foster Garvey PC on 6/24/2021

“The NCAA is not above the law.” Those seven words capped Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s searing concurring opinion issued in connection with Monday’s (June 21) unanimous (9-0) U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Alston v. National...more

PTAB/USPTO Update - May 2021

WilmerHale on 5/14/2021

USPTO News - USPTO announced a new category for its Patents for Humanity Program for inventors of technology to track, prevent, diagnose, or treat COVID-19....more

USPTO/PTAB Update - March 2021

WilmerHale on 3/2/2021

USPTO News - ..Administrative Patent Judges Michael Cygan and Kristi L. R. Sawert, and Patent Attorney Thomas Volper discussed the one-year ex parte appeal, Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program, and what happens after PTAB...more

Late 2020 Stimulus Bill Includes Sweeping Changes to the Lanham Act

Fenwick & West LLP on 3/1/2021

A heavily anticipated and equally heavily debated stimulus bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, was signed into law on December 27, 2020. In addition to $900 billion in COVID-19 relief, this lengthy bill also...more

Overcoming TM Maintenance Filing Hurdles Amid Pandemic

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/24/2021

As we near the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, trademark maintenance deadlines in 2021 create new obstacles for registrants. To maintain a federal trademark registration, registrants must periodically file an...more

What Will Post Pandemic IP Enforcement Look Like?

Gibney Anthony & Flaherty, LLP on 2/24/2021

As we are on the cusp of gaining some control over the pandemic and regaining a focus on the new normal, it seems to be an opportune time to think about what the post-pandemic world of IP enforcement will look like. While...more

The Briefing: COVID 19 Bill Stimulates the Economy and Changes in the Intellectual Property Law

Weintraub Tobin on 2/10/2021

In this episode, Scott and Josh discuss the changes in Intellectual Property Law stemming from the recently passed COVID-19 Stimulus Bill. The IP law blog is a publication of Weintraub Tobin (www.weintraub.com). The...more

As Pandemic Drags On, Trademark Registrants May Face Maintenance Filing Hurdles

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/5/2021

Despite the black humor that March 2020 has never actually ended, time does keep marching on and presenting new challenges. As we near the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, trademark maintenance deadlines in 2021 create...more

Special Report - 2020 IP Law Year in Review: Trademarks

McDermott Will & Schulte on 1/22/2021

2020 was a year like no other, so you’d be forgiven if the year’s biggest headlines in trademark law didn’t quite catch your attention. In 2020, the US Supreme Court shaped trademark jurisprudence through a trio of notable...more

COVID-19 Relief and Government Funding Bill Brings Significant Changes to Trademark and Copyright Law

ArentFox Schiff on 1/11/2021

It may come as some surprise that embedded within the over 5,500-pages of the recent COVID-19 relief and government funding bill (the Consolidated Appropriations Act) are several (not-insubstantial) changes to copyright and...more

A COVID Bonus For Trademark Owners: Presumptive Injunctive Relief And Sweeping Away Old Marks

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/11/2021

Buried deep in the roughly 5,500 pages of the most recent COVID relief legislation are two unexpected gifts for trademark owners, courtesy of A little something called the Trademark Modernization Act:...more

The Impact of COVID-19 and Accelerated Growth of E-commerce on Gray Market Sales

Haug Partners LLP on 1/8/2021

COVID-19 has impacted almost every aspect of society—our lives, our jobs, and our businesses. In addition to dominating decisions relating to consumer spending and purchasing, COVID-19 has created surpluses of goods,...more

COVID-19 Relief & Trademarks & Copyrights

Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP on 1/6/2021

On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed the COVID-19 relief and government funding bill, which incorporated The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) and the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement Act of...more

Trademark Law Trends To Follow In 2021

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/5/2021

2020 was a busy year for trademark litigation, with three U.S. Supreme Court decisions and several high-profile lower court cases involving trademark law. But many folks are understandably eager to put 2020 in the rearview...more

Winter COVID-19 Relief Bill: Overview of Key IP and Entertainment Provisions

White and Williams LLP on 1/4/2021

Congress passed The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Act) on December 21, 2020 and the Act was signed into law by President Trump on December 27, 2020. Though titled as COVID relief, the Act includes sweeping changes to...more

How Long Does A U.S. Patent Or Trademark Application Take To Grant? (2020 Edition)

Fox Rothschild LLP on 1/4/2021

The USPTO recently released its FY2020 Performance and Accountability Report, with contains helpful information about allowance rates, average pendency, and other statistics about its review of patent and trademark...more

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