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Product Configuration Trademarks - The Burdens and Benefits of Securing Protection In Product Designs
Despite two U.S. Supreme Court decisions several years ago that substantially restricted the conditions under which product configuration trademarks can be registered, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") continues to receive a steady flow of trademark applications for three-dimensional...
Read MoreThe Profession's Response To The Challenge Of Complacency
Editor: Mr. Kalis, would you tell our readers something about your background and professional experience? Kalis: I graduated from West Virginia University in 1972. I spent a year at Yale Law School and was fortunate to obtain a Rhodes Scholarship. I took a leave of absence and spent three...
Read MoreElectronics: Toxic Substances Ripe For Regulation
Introduction A study conducted by the National Safety Council reports that over 10,000 computers and televisions become obsolete in California alone each day . As a result, over 6 million obsolete computers and televisions are "stockpiled" in California households. This problem is not unique to...
Read MoreGetting It Right: An Outstanding Diversity Initiative Shows The Way
Editor: Mr. Cooper will you tell our readers something about your professional experience? Cooper: Following about a dozen years of teaching at the University of Pittsburgh Law School and the City University of New York, and several years in private practice, I became the Director of Real Estate...
Read MoreGood Patent Practices Never Out Of Style
You manage an emerging life sciences company. With a commercial product years away, the patent portfolio is a major asset of the business. You shopped around for inexpensive patent counsel, but still had to authorize the expenditure of thousands of dollars to develop a patent portfolio. Now the...
Read MoreWas It A Bang Or A Whimper?
The year of 2005 was thought by many to be the year that U.S. patent law would have its most significant and critical development since the early 19th century. The patent reform movement finally caught Congress's attention after the publication of two studies, one by the National Academy of...
Read MoreUK - Law Firms Purchase Of Unlisted UK Companies - Equity Incentive Issues
U.S. purchasers and sellers of UK private or other unlisted companies should familiarize themselves with important differences in approach between the UK and the U.S. to dealing with employer equity incentive arrangements in corporate transactions. Often, U.S. plans will provide that outstanding...
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