LJN Newsletters

  • Online Advertising Favored

    Internet advertising is more effective than traditional advertising for both business and legal reasons. From a business standpoint, Internet advertising is less expensive, faster to produce and deliver and thus more effective than traditional advertising. Internet advertising, from a legal perspective, is less encumbered than traditional advertising because statutes regulating advertisement were enacted prior to the existence of the Internet and is consequently more effective than traditional advertising. Additionally, recent enacted advertising regulations favor Internet advertising over traditional advertising.

    July 02, 2013Jonathan Bick

  • In CLS Bank, the Federal Circuit Agrees to Disagree

    The intellectual property community hoped and expected that the Federal Circuit's en banc decision in CLS Bank Int'l v. Alice Corp. would provide guidance regarding the scope of patentable subject matter under 35 U.S.C. ' 101. Instead, the Federal Circuit's decision created confusion, identifying three competing tests for assessing patentable subject matter under ' 101.

    July 02, 2013Scott F. Llewellyn and Jason D. Hall

  • Bit Parts

    Declaratory Bids Denied in Dispute over Literary Agent Agreement
    Method for Monetizing Internet Content Not Too Abstract for Patentability
    New York Music Administration Suit Stayed Until Outcome of Canadian Suit over Related Songs-Purchase Agreements

    July 02, 2013Stan Soocher

  • The Great Internet Land Rush

    This articlelooks at the implications of the new gTLD program for attorneys and the Internet as a whole.

    July 02, 2013David K. Mitnick

  • IP News

    Federal Circuit Vacates Award of Attorney Fees

    June 30, 2013Jeffrey S. Ginsberg and Joseph Mercadante

  • Court Watch

    U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Arbitrator's Determination of Authority to Determine Class Issues
    Recent Attempt to Revive Laxmi v. Golf USA Fizzles

    June 29, 2013Charles G. Miller

  • Is Google Enabling Illegal Ads That May Harm Children?

    Advertisements for counterfeit merchandise, illegal drugs, pornography, etc, have been on the Internet for years. Unfortunately, it appears some companies that have the ability to remove ads and/or links from their websites to illegal products and/or services may not be putting forth their best effort to do so. Refusing to properly address these issues may lead to major legal and financial consequences.

    June 28, 2013Bradley S. Shear

  • Law, Snakard & Gambill, P.C. Modernizes with Worldox DMS

    It was my responsibility to research alternatives for a new DMS, while also looking into other ways to help modernize our approach to remote access, storage use and security standards. We had old equipment, and a tornado in 2000 had opened my eyes to the need for disaster recovery provisions.

    June 28, 2013Ranita Smitherman

  • Taming the Beast: Information Management and Governance in a Global Environment

    Part One of this article examined the catalysts motivating companies to take charge of their information and the need to develop a comprehensive information governance approach to support their objectives. This month, we look at policy and procedures development, the role of technology, document disposition, and the importance of change management.

    June 28, 2013Laurie Fischer and Heather Yanak

  • Attorneys as Technologists

    With the continued growth in the volume of ESI involved in even the smallest of matters, we made a big decision ' to create Troutman Sanders eMerge, a wholly owned subsidiary of the firm dedicated to consulting, project management, and technology services related to ESI in litigation and internal/governmental investigations.

    June 28, 2013Alison Grounds