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California Tightens Privacy Protection

Alexander Southwell

Recently, the California legislature passed three laws that significantly alter the privacy landscape and impose a new set of responsibilities that arguably apply to any company doing business in the state.

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Expanding Defenses To Inducing Infringement

Brian Mudge & Ksenia Takhistova

On Oct. 25, 2013, the Federal Circuit, by a vote of six-to-five, denied rehearing <i>en banc</i> in <i>Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc.,</i> (<i>Commil II</i>). That decision left intact the panel's holding, in a case of first impression, that an alleged indirect infringer's "good-faith belief of invalidity may negate the requisite intent for induced infringement."

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Checking in on the New gTLD Objection Processes

Erin Hennessy, Matt Schneller & Jennifer Ashton

ICANN has been busy reviewing applications for new generic top-level domain name registries (new gTLDs), and the first four new gTLDs were delegated to the Root Zone on Oct. 23, 2013.

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Avoiding False-Marking Claims with Global Brands

Shaun J. Bockert & David M. Perry

For about a week last month, my Internet browser thought I was in Canada. And, like a friend who returns with an accent after a week-long vacation in London, this was more a source of curiosity than frustration. I first realized the quirk upon a visit to Google. Instead of finding myself at the familiar .com, I was redirected to a .ca site. With 's and 's littered across the page, the intellectual property nerd in me was buzzing. How was I to interpret these symbols?

Evidentiary Requirements To Recover Lost Future Royalties

Jay W. Schlosser

When franchisors enter into long-term franchise agreements, they expect to receive a steady stream of royalties for the duration of the agreement. However, if the relationship sours and the agreement is terminated prior to expiration, the franchisor faces the prospect of losing the anticipated stream of royalties for the remaining term of the agreement. More and more often, franchisors are turning to the courts to attempt to recover those lost future royalties.

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DJ Dropped from Dispute Over Use of Beastie Boys Music

Jan Wolfe

After the Beastie Boys sued over the unlicensed use of several of the rap group's tracks in a remix on the soundtrack to a promotional video, defendant energy-drink maker Monster Energy Co. tried to shift the blame onto an unsuspecting disc jockey. That tactic didn't sit well with Southern District Judge Paul Engelmayer, who dismissed the DJ from the litigation.

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SEC Proposes Much-Anticipated Crowdfunding Rules

Katayun I. Jaffari & Jill M. Stadelman

On Oct. 23, the SEC finally proposed rules to implement the crowdfunding provisions of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012.

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Protecting Digital Database Content

J.T. Westermeier

The Fourth Circuit's ruling in <i>Metropolitan Regional Information Systems, Inc. v. American Home Realty Network, Inc.</i> is an important court decision relating to e-commerce and protecting digital database content. The ruling relates to a multiple-listing copyrighted database of real estate listings.

The Roles of Stakeholders for Big Data and Privacy

Judy Selby & George Viegas

Chief privacy officer, chief compliance officer, chief information security officer, chief legal officer (or general counsel) ' as organizations adjust and adapt to keep pace with changing technology, laws, regulations and cyber threats, these roles are developing and changing within organizations. But what duties and responsibilities fall within the job description of each of these stakeholders' positions, and how do these positions relate to each other?

Selling Municipal Securities via the Internet

Jonathan Bick

Traditionally, municipalities depend upon property taxes to constitute the largest source of local governments' own revenue. Charges, sales and gross-receipt taxes, individual income taxes and other revenues make up the remaining local general revenues.Normally, municipal bonds can be purchased through an investment broker. However, municipalities may lawfully sell municipal bonds directly to the public via the Internet and potentially save money.

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