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Crayon Shinchan

Vincent J. Poppiti & Mian R. Wang

The naughty five-year-old Japanese comic-book character Crayon Shinchan would tell foreign trademark owners that although foreign trademarks ultimately receive legal protection in China, pragmatic owners must be mindful of the time and costs involved.

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An Analysis of Kappos v. Hyatt

John M. Cone & Megan M. O'Laughlin

Although the Supreme Court's decision in <i>Kappos v. Hyatt</i> addressed the Patent Act specifically, the decision may have implications for cases brought in district courts to challenge decisions of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. The <i>Kappos</i> decision may also encourage defendants to continue pushing against the "clear and convincing evidence" standard for obviousness challenges based on prior art not considered by the PTO during examination.

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Invoking the Spousal Privilege

Janice G. Inman

There are two aspects to the law in New York ' one prohibiting prosecutors or others from compelling one spouse to testify against the other, and the other permitting a spouse to preclude the testimony even of a willing witness spouse. It is this second potion of the law that we will be concerned with.

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Review of a pivotal case.

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Hedge Fund Valuation in Connection with Equitable Distribution

Steven Cusumano

Hedge fund valuation presents several challenges in the field of business valuation for the purposes of equitable distribution.

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The Mensing Preemption and the Learned Intermediary Doctrine

Sara K. Thompson & Sean P. Jessee

Few courts have fully or accurately grasped the realities of how physicians receive information about the drugs they prescribe and, correspondingly, how the learned intermediary doctrine should affect the <i>Mensing</i> preemption analysis.

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Electronic Discovery in Construction Disputes

Gregory R. 'Greg' Meeder & Livya Heithaus

This article discusses the current electronically stored information (ESI) law, the impending ESI crisis in arbitration, and how resolving office, industrial and retail claims through alternative dispute resolution helps to corral the burdens of ESI discovery for developers, owners, property managers and contractors by managing ESI with specific agreements, guidelines and rules.

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Can Employers Sue Employees Under the CFFA?

Christopher Durham

Several decisions issued by federal Courts of Appeal in the past few years suggest that the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a truly viable option for employers aggrieved by employee data theft. This article focuses on this group of cases.

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<b><i>Online Extra:</b></i> A Big Win for Pharma Companies in Overtime Case

Marcia Coyle

Pharmaceutical companies scored a major victory on June 18 when a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that the industry's sales representatives are not eligible for overtime pay.

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<B><I>Online Extra:</b></i> <b>Ninth Circuit Won't Rehear Prop 8 Case</b>

Ginny LaRoe

The next stop for the Proposition 8 case is the Supreme Court.The order denying rehearing leaves in place the court's February 2-1 ruling striking down the ban on equal protection grounds. The majority said the voter-enacted initiative served no purpose other than 'to lessen the status and human dignity' of gays.

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