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Courts Nationwide Tackle Fundamental Tech-Related Issues
The end of last year was relatively quiet for technology cases in New York's courts. Elsewhere, however, courts were at work on some fundamental issues, including file sharing, password stealing and security circumvention. Attorney Stephen M. Kramarsky examines some interesting intellectual property cases from around the country that closed out 2005. Among them include MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. and BMG Music v. Gonzales.Consumer Products Bill Sets Off a Furor
The lawmaking process is normally where heated debate and lobbying over a wanna-be law take place. When that wanna-be becomes law by overwhelming vote margins and a presidential signature, the heat normally dissipates. But there is nothing normal, yet, about the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act.Hunton & Williams Snags Two Smith Gambrell IP Partners
Hunton & Williams has snagged two intellectual property partners, Robert H. G. Lockwood and Eric J. Hanson, from Smith, Gambrell & Russell as part of a push to expand its Atlanta intellectual property team. The addition of Lockwood and Hanson increases the number of IP lawyers in Hunton's Atlanta office to 11. The firm would like to double that number in the next year, said William M. Ragland Jr., the senior member of the group.The New China Syndrome: How to Litigate Tainted Chinese Imports Cases
"The China Syndrome," the title of a 1979 film, refers to a possible extreme result of a nuclear meltdown, but 28 years later, that same phrase can be applied to a new issue: imported Chinese tainted foodstuffs and defective consumer products. Attorney Daniel J. Herling writes that the "classic" product liability suit against Chinese manufacturers raises many issues for potential litigants, which include consumers and American companies in the "stream of commerce" of the products.Digital copyright act needs rebooting
THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM Copyright Act of 1998 hasn't worked out the way consumers or copyright owners planned: It has neither stopped piracy nor preserved the long-established fair use of protected works, lawyers on both sides of the issue say.To be sure, the movie and music industries have said that without DMCA's penalties for piracy, the DVD market would have died.Representing Corporate New Jersey
Chart on the in-house counsel representing New Jersey corporations.In The Trenches: Hunton snags Smith Gambrell IP partners
HUNTON WILLIAMS HAS snagged two intellectual property partners, Robert H. G. Lockwood and Eric J. Hanson, from Smith, Gambrell Russell as part of a push to expand its Atlanta intellectual property team.Meanwhile, Smith Gambrell has recruited patent prosecutors Laurence P. Colton as a partner and Nigamnarayan Acharya as an associate from Powell Goldstein, which boosts Smith Gambrell's IP contingent to 25.Hunton & Williams Snags Two Smith Gambrell IP Partners
Hunton & Williams has snagged two intellectual property partners, Robert H. G. Lockwood and Eric J. Hanson, from Smith, Gambrell & Russell as part of a push to expand its Atlanta intellectual property team. The addition of Lockwood and Hanson increases the number of IP lawyers in Hunton's Atlanta office to 11. The firm would like to double that number in the next year, said William M. Ragland Jr., the senior member of the group.Digital Copyright Act Needs Rebooting
Lawyers on both sides seldom agree on how to resolve the conflicts, but they do agree the DMCA has neither stopped piracy nor preserved the fair use of protected works.Trending Stories
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