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The Impact of the Great Resignation on Legal Department Knowledge Management Image

The Impact of the Great Resignation on Legal Department Knowledge Management

Shanil R. Vitarana

Taking the time to build out technology-enabled contract workflows and document institutional knowledge is a must-have for the modern legal department looking to thrive well beyond today's challenges.

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Marketing Tech: Avoid Making Hasty Tech Decisions When In Crisis Mode

Tomas Suros

In March 2020 and the months immediately following, many firms found themselves scrambling to implement tools that would meet the needs of new remote work realities. Understandably, many of these decisions were done quickly without the normal level of due diligence. Now, the same firms are realizing that those hasty, though necessary, decisions should be revisited or undone.

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Copyright Claims Board: A New Stage for Copyright Infringement Claims

Robert E. Browne & Michael D. Hobbs

Copyright holders would be well advised to familiarize themselves with the Copyright Claims Board for resolving copyright infringement claims and to consider its benefits and potential downsides in bringing or defending copyright infringement actions.

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Criminal Considerations and Federal Authorities In Trade Secrets Disputes

Jeffrey A. Pade & Anand B. Patel

Part One of this article discussed the passing of the Economic Espionage Act to combat the growing concerns surrounding trade secret theft and the criminal components of trade secret theft. Part Two covers considerations in favor of approaching federal authorities on trade secrets theft. Part Three concludes the series with a look at the potential consequences in approaching federal authorities on trade secrets theft.

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Recent Trademark In Titles Cases Show 'High Bar' for Proving Public Was 'Explicitly Misled' Image

Recent Trademark In Titles Cases Show 'High Bar' for Proving Public Was 'Explicitly Misled'

Stan Soocher

When it comes to expressive content, disputes over trademark rights in titles of creative works are commonly fought under the federal Lanham Act. Many of these battles play out in courts in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which has well-developed legal guidelines on the subject

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Can Consumer Products Be 'Expressive Works'?

Eric Alan Stone & Catherine Nyarady

In a case that may have significant implications for the ability of mark holders to enforce their marks against many types of products, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is now considering whether consumer products such as sneakers can be considered "expressive works" to which First Amendment protections can apply.

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Howard Shire & Stephanie Remy

Trademarks and Free Expression In the Ninth Circuit

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New Decisions In Disputes Over Titles Reinforce 'High Bar' In Proving Public Was 'Explicitly Misled' Image

New Decisions In Disputes Over Titles Reinforce 'High Bar' In Proving Public Was 'Explicitly Misled'

Stan Soocher

When it comes to expressive content, disputes over trademark rights in titles of creative works are commonly fought under the federal Lanham Act. Many of these battles play out in courts in the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which has well-developed legal guidelines on the subject — many of them from lawsuits that have arisen in the entertainment industry.

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Conn. Fed. Court Distinguishes Funny Girl Lyrics Royalty Rights from Copyright Image

Conn. Fed. Court Distinguishes Funny Girl Lyrics Royalty Rights from Copyright

Allison Dunn

A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut sided with the family of a production company executive in finding that the wife of late Broadway lyricist Bob Merrill had no right, under §304(c) of the U.S. Copyright Act, to cancel a more than 50-year-old royalty agreement between the executive and Merrill.

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