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[Editor's note: The following article on the Supreme Court's decision in Dastar Corp. v. 20th Century Fox Film Corp. doesn't center on e-commerce. But E-commerce Law & Strategy is offering the synopsis of the decision in the story below for readers who represent Web sites and other e-commerce enterprises that use public-domain material as content to drive sales, use it to market their products and/or Web sites or even sell public-domain material. The High Court's ruling allows use of unattributed public-domain material, lifting concerns that such unattributed use is actionable under the Lanham Act, which some authors and other artists have relied on to seek relief for repeated use of unattributed material, even though such material had entered the public domain.]
In a major narrowing of the Lanham Act, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 2 ruled unanimously that the law allows the copying of public domain material without giving credit to its source.
There is no efficient market for the sale of bankruptcy assets. Inefficient markets yield a transactional drag, potentially dampening the ability of debtors and trustees to maximize value for creditors. This article identifies ways in which investors may more easily discover bankruptcy asset sales.
A federal district court in Miami, FL, has ruled that former National Basketball Association star Shaquille O'Neal will have to face a lawsuit over his promotion of unregistered securities in the form of cryptocurrency tokens and that he was a "seller" of these unregistered securities.
Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
In recent years, there has been a growing number of dry cleaners claiming to be "organic," "green," or "eco-friendly." While that may be true with respect to some, many dry cleaners continue to use a cleaning method involving the use of a solvent called perchloroethylene, commonly known as perc. And, there seems to be an increasing number of lawsuits stemming from environmental problems associated with historic dry cleaning operations utilizing this chemical.