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Counterfeiting on the Internet: A Growing Menace
When most of us hear the word “counterfeit,” we think of a group of criminals in a poorly-lit warehouse surrounding a printing press, with fake U.S. dollars drying on a line behind them. Estimates in the last five years place the amount of counterfeit U.S. dollars circulating in the $250 million to $500 million range.
But the market for counterfeit goods is estimated to be greater than $650 billion per year ' a thousand times more than all estimated U.S. counterfeit dollars in circulation! For perspective, Walmart's 2014 worldwide revenue was “only” $485 billion.
Counterfeit goods are fake replicas of a real product. Typically, they are goods inferior in quality to the genuine article and illicitly feature a well-recognized trademarked brand. These goods typically originate in developing countries with strong but low-cost manufacturing capability. The goods can then be sold, especially in developed nations, at a premium.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
The Stranger to the Deed Rule
In 1987, a unanimous Court of Appeals reaffirmed the vitality of the "stranger to the deed" rule, which holds that if a grantor executes a deed to a grantee purporting to create an easement in a third party, the easement is invalid. Daniello v. Wagner, decided by the Second Department on November 29th, makes it clear that not all grantors (or their lawyers) have received the Court of Appeals' message, suggesting that the rule needs re-examination.