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• Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners

  Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.

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• Why So Many Great Lawyers Stink at Business Development and What Law Firms Are Doing About It

  Why is it that those who are best skilled at advocating for others are ill-equipped at advocating for their own skills and what to do about it?

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• The DOJ's Corporate Enforcement Policy: One Year Later

  The DOJ's Criminal Division issued three declinations since the issuance of the revised CEP a year ago. Review of these cases gives insight into DOJ's implementation of the new policy in practice.

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• 'Insurable Interest' and the Scope of First-Party Coverage

  This article reviews the fundamental underpinnings of the concept of insurable interest, and certain recent cases that have grappled with the scope of insurable interest and have articulated a more meaningful application of the concept to claims under first-party property policies.

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• Ex Parte Trademark Appeals to District Court — Lessons Learned from the Front Lines

  Although pursuit of an appeal to the Federal Circuit may under some circumstances prove to be quicker and less expensive, appeals to district courts are becoming increasingly attractive given recent changes in the law and USPTO practice in defending these actions.

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