Pondering Updates To Copyright Law In Digital Era
April 02, 2014
With Congress considering copyright reform and digital streaming upending the music business, the U.S. Copyright Office has announced it is studying the effectiveness of the music-licensing system. In an effort to assist Congress, the Copyright Office said it is looking for public input on Copyright Act of 1976 provisions that established government-regulated music-licensing regimes.
Key Privacy Law Developments
April 02, 2014
Earlier this year, President Obama addressed the nation to outline steps he will take to rein in the surveillance activities of the National Security Agency. Obama noted that "challenges to our privacy do not come from government alone." The President's remarks were the culmination of a year in which consumer privacy issues have roared into the public narrative, and they underscore a theme that privacy lawyers had already sensed about their practice by the end of 2013: The tide is changing.
Combating Counterfeiting
April 02, 2014
Online counterfeit sellers are increasingly more sophisticated and are engaging in social media counterfeiting to exploit social media tools to bolster their sales of counterfeit products online.
The Ethics and Legality of Snooping
March 31, 2014
When we tell clients we are unable to attempt a particular course of action, the reason is usually one of professional ethics or illegality. Here's a review of what we can and cannot do.
2014 Forecast
March 27, 2014
Optimism is riding high among construction contractors and equipment distributors that local non-residential activity will improve in 2014, according to a recent survey by Wells Fargo Equipment Finance Inc.
Media & Communication: Four Ways Online Video Can Benefit Your Web Presence
March 27, 2014
Several decades ago, marketers realized that motion pictures were a powerful medium to convey branded messages to their audiences. For a long time, film production was only accessible to large consumer-products companies with massive advertising budgets. This is no longer the case. Nearly two decades after the advent of the Internet, the playing field has finally been leveled.
Social Media Scene: Success on Social Media
March 27, 2014
You can use social media for collaboration, networking, learning, and of course, marketing. If you do the first three well, the fourth is actually more effective.
Protecting Your Brand in a New gTLD World
February 28, 2014
For nearly a decade ICANN has been working on a plan to expand the Internet. That process is underway right now, and the expansion will be taking place in just a few months as a slew of top level domains like .nyc, .apple, .citi, .green, .apple, .app, .llc, .club and hundreds more will be going live in the next few months.
Key Privacy Law Developments
February 28, 2014
Earlier this year, President Obama addressed the nation to outline steps he will take to rein in the surveillance activities of the National Security Agency. Obama noted that "challenges to our privacy do not come from government alone." The President's remarks were the culmination of a year in which consumer privacy issues have roared into the public narrative, and they underscore a theme that privacy lawyers had already sensed about their practice by the end of 2013: The tide is changing.
