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Federal Circuit: Only Patent Owner May Appeal a PTAB Reexamination Decision <br>Federal Circuit: Clones Not Patentable Subject Matter<br>Federal Circuit: PTO's Decision Not to Initiate <i>Inter Partes</i> Review Is Not Appealable
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Over and again in our recent consulting engagements ' particularly with large firms, where trends tend to start ' we're seeing signals that the legal profession is caught in the confluence of destructive trends:
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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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Two interesting news items are discussed
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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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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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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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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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Several pivotal cases are discussed.
Snapchat messages are not nearly as ephemeral as the company promised, the FTC alleged in an administrative lawsuit against the app maker.
