Copy Control
April 28, 2005
When Static Control Components Inc., a small, family-owned printing-supply business, was sued under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), Seth Greenstein was surprised. The 49-year-old partner in the Washington, DC, office of Chicago's McDermott Will & Emery thought he had the DMCA down cold. Still, it took him nearly a year to get an injunction against the company lifted.
Can Electronic Information Be Kept Secret?
April 28, 2005
The term electronic secret isn't an oxymoron, but lately, it does seem that storing data digitally is incompatible with keeping that data confidential. <br>While victims of the disclosure of personal information may have concealed past security flaws, California's path-blazing law requiring disclosure of releases of personal information has forced public announcement of many recent incidents. While that law was once a seemingly onerous exception, calls for similar laws have spread among the states and in Washington, DC.
Enabling IP Securitization By Improving Cash Flow Predictability
April 01, 2005
As the paradigm of corporate value continues to shift from tools and machinery to ideas and innovation, there is an increasing drive to identify new and innovative ways to monetize that value. With more than two-thirds of the S&P 500 market capitalization coming from intangible assets, traditional monetization methods such as the sale, licensing, donation, and enforcement of intellectual property rights are evolving as innovative intellectual property managers and investment professionals look for ways to leverage some of that value. One such approach is the securitization of the royalty streams associated with intellectual property assets.
Come 'Hell or High Water' NorVergence Causing a Stir over Documentation
April 01, 2005
So-called "hell or high water," "waiver of defense" and lessor favorable "submission to jurisdiction" clauses have long been cornerstones of equipment finance documentation. But, the unfolding debacle over the last year involving a company called NorVergence has cast an unfavorable light on these important provisions and, in doing so, entangled most of the top players in the leasing industry.
Second Annual Best of Visual Identity Innovators
March 30, 2005
Once again this year Marketing The Law Firm is presenting its Best of Visual Identity Innovators. This competition was open only to law firms of all sizes. The graphic design firm or those responsible for the creative side of the project receive "honorable mention."
Should We All Move to Canada?
March 30, 2005
The high cost of prescription medications in the United States has been troubling health care providers and their patients for years. Physicians worry that it will do no good to prescribe a medication to someone who won't be able to afford to buy it, and patients who try to save money by taking less than the prescribed dose worry that that they're putting their health in danger. Any failed medical treatment that harms a patient is fertile ground for a lawsuit against the physician, even if he or she is not the one to blame. Should medical practitioners suggest imported drugs to their patients who might otherwise not be able to afford their prescribed medications?
Matrimonial Lawyers Have a New Tool
March 30, 2005
Timely and accurate knowledge of all the relevant facts is essential to successful matrimonial litigation. The proper use of the Internet helps give litigants access to relevant information; the Internet has been recognized by matrimonial attorneys as promoting a variety of goals: identification and substantiation of claims and defenses; discovery of data that permits the parties to evaluate their respective positions better; the simplification and narrowing of issues; and assistance in the conduct of the trial.
Net News
March 30, 2005
Recent developments of note in the Internet industry. This month:<br>CA Judge Orders Online Reporters to Reveal Sources in Apple Computer Case<br>Hollywood Studios File New Round of Web Lawsuits <br>British Court Forces ISPs to Reveal Music Sharers <br>Movie Downloading Judged Legal in France <br>eBay Loses Patent Case; Injunction May Follow
