New concerns over product liability risk for trademark licensors *

USA - December 11 2012
It is typically assumed that trademark licensors are not subject to liability in product liability actions for defective or harmful products of their licensees.

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Digital copyright update *

USA - October 31 2012
The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) is somewhat unique among U.S. federal legislation.

Co-authors: Katherine Dennis Nye.

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Is continued employment enough to uphold invention assignment agreements? *

USA - October 24 2012
It is a common misconception that employers automatically own the rights to intellectual property created by their employees.

Co-authors: William J. Tarnow II, Jessica Rissman Cohen.

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7th Circuit: trademark owners in bankruptcy cannot revoke license agreements *

USA - August 16 2012
The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently issued its opinion in Sunbeam Products, Inc. v. Chicago American Manufacturing, LLC, in which the court clarified that the rejection of a trademark license in bankruptcy does not end the licensee’s right to use the licensed trademark.

Co-authors: Mark A. Berkoff, Jessica Rissman Cohen.

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Brand owners take note: gTLD applications revealed, comment period begins *

Global - June 28 2012
Just over a week ago, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) revealed the list of the 1,930 generic top-level domains for which ICANN has received applications.

Co-authors: Sarah E. Smith, Michael G. Kelber, Katherine Dennis Nye, Thomas C. McDonough, Antony J. McShane.

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