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Seeking Quick Relief for Trademark Claims on Social Media Sites
Policing and enforcing trademark rights in social media requires a brand owner to reexamine some of the basic premises about infringement. It is black letter law that trademark maintenance requires a trademark owner to maintain control over the quality of the goods and services associated with its mark. In the infringement context, this has generally been interpreted as an obligation to prevent any uses that are inconsistent with the brand's image. However, social media has altered this fundamental assumption.
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NJ & CT News
Two interesting news items are discussed
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Lifestyle Analysis
Last month, we discussed the fact that a lifestyle analysis provides a great deal of useful information to clients and their counsel, the court or other users, and also serves well as a stepping stone to the development of a realistic personal living expense budget for post-divorce years. The discussion concludes herein.
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Are Search Engine Results Protected Speech?
Search-engine results have become the lodestar of the Web for most users. Whether the user constructs a narrowly-tailored query designed to exclude inapplicable results, or a broad search designed as an introduction to a given topic, the algorithmic apparatus fueling search engines will usually produce pertinent information. As a matter of fact, this article on search results was in part fueled by using results acquired from a search engine.
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Setting Condominium Assessments: Limits on Board Power
When a condominium incurs costs for repairs of common areas, how much discretion does the condominium board have in allocating those costs? A look at a recent ruling.
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Construction Contracts and Project Management
Whether designing and constructing a new retail center, a tenant finish-out or a renovation project, retail real estate developers, property managers and tenants interact with construction contracts, contractors, architects and other construction industry professionals on a regular basis. Those interactions may include lengthy, sophisticated contracts, very basic contracts or no written contract at all. This article addresses some of these common issues from the perspective of protecting the owner of the project.
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Landlord & Tenant
Several pivotal cases are discussed.
Snapchat Settles With FTC on Privacy Assurance
Snapchat messages are not nearly as ephemeral as the company promised, the FTC alleged in an administrative lawsuit against the app maker.
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In-House Survey Suggests Best Practices for Vendors
In November 2013, I surveyed 26 predominantly administrative professionals throughout Fortune/Global 500 law departments. In addition to questions related to pricing predictions for hosting, review, processing, the future of predictive coding, the trend towards growing in-house teams and the expansion of managed services, I asked for their impressions of certain leading vendors in the market.
Three Magic Words
To be successful in generating new business and attracting new clients, it is essential to speak the language of your target clients. Furthermore, lawyers should actually use the words that clients want to hear.
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