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Insights: USDA Hemp Rules Released | Winning and Settling With Eaze | McDermott's New Hire | Who Got the Work

What lawyers have to say about new USDA hemp rules. Action on the Eaze litigation front. A return to cannabis law for one McDermott Will & Emery partner. Plus: Who Got the Work, and so much more.
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Corporate Counsel

USPTO Chiefs to In-House Counsel: We Want to Hear From You

Lawyers from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told a group of in-house counsel at the ACC annual meeting that the agency wants to let in-house counsel know how it can assist with their companies' IP-related concerns.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Understanding the Basics and Importance of Trademark Usage

A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decision involving a beverage company and another decision from the European Union (EU) involving the famously recluse artist Banksy illustrate the risks of territorial nonuse in the United States and the EU.
10 minute read

Law.com

'Willful' Thinking: Supreme Court Set To Clarify When Trademark Owners May Recover Profit Awards

Does the Lanham Act entitle a trademark owner to an award of the infringer's profits as a remedy for infringement under §1125(a) only if the infringement was willful?
8 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Former 'Fox & Friends' Anchor Turned Real Estate Guru Turns Tables on Competitor

Clayton Morris claims a real estate competitor and his company "spread misinformation and trade on Mr. Morris's name and rights in exchange for clicks. They post sensationalized stories about Mr. Morris so that, in the words of Mr. Wise, 'When people Google your name they'll see mine.'"
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Lawyers Shred Trump Counsel Harder's Letter Threatening CNN

"This is an absolutely ridiculous letter.," tweeted Gibson Dunn's Ted Boutrous. "No serious lawyer would ever think of sending such a frivolous letter making such a baseless threat."
3 minute read

Litigation Daily

Daily Dicta: Panama Papers Lawyers Sue Netflix for Defamation, Seeking to Block New Movie

The founders of now-infamous Mossack Fonseca—formerly one of the world's biggest offshore law firms—sued Netflix for defamation, seeking to stop the release of the movie 'The Laundromat.'
5 minute read

The Recorder

What To Watch in Next Term's Marquee Trademark Case at the U.S. Supreme Court

While the Supreme Court's recent decision of a trademark case involving the First Amendment was within its usual scope, a new one to be decided in the Supreme Court's new term is not. The question for decision involves money.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Parody Under the Trademark Laws

The more common association with parody is for copyrights, where a parody may be protected under the statutory "fair use" doctrine. But there is a well developed body of case law for parody under the trademark laws.
11 minute read

National Law Journal

SCOTUS' 2019 IP Cases Won't Be Boring, Law Professors Say

The justices have already granted cert in six cases, and several potential blockbusters are waiting in the wings. The solicitor general on Friday recommended against granting cert on one of one case, Google v. Oracle, though it said the correctness of the Federal Circuit's fair use decision is "not free from doubt."
13 minute read

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