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Buyer beware: potential IP scammers are in our midst

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 21 2013

There are few things more annoying than the feeling that you have been duped into paying for something that you neither need nor want. IP owners

Alice in patentland II can a look across the pond help?

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2013

On May 10, 2013, the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued their en-banc opinion(s) on CLS Bank Int'l v. Alice Corp. Alice, an Australian corporation, had

What's happening in business aviation?

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 20 2013

This edition of the Burns & Levinson Business Aviation Report covers new developments in the following areas of business aviation: Rentals from

Don’t be afraid of participating in SBIR program

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

Many small companies have questioned whether participating in the Small Business Research and Development (SBIR) program, and therefore entering into

Should you "trust" your family legacy?

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 6 2013

There is a popular misconception that trusts and Trust Funds are only for the ultra-wealthy, the people who can afford teams of lawyers and advisers

HIPAA revises business associate agreement requirements

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 1 2013

The privacy of health information is protected by federal rules. These rules, which have been recently updated, affect the handling of “protected

United States

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 29 2013

The primary federal legislation in the United States addressing trademark infringement and counterfeiting is the Lanham Act (15 USC 1051 and

In-house counsel need to think like a litigator when drafting contracts

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 23 2013

Memorializing an agreement in a written contract serves two primary purposes. First and foremost, a written contract should clearly set out the deal

Gratuitous payments cannot be re-cast as accrued vacation pay required by Massachusetts Wage Act

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 11 2013

A favorite saying of my mentor and colleague in the Labor and Employment Group here at Burns & Levinson is "no good deed goes unpunished." Over my

Managing nonprofits in troubled times: new tools in trustees’ toolbox

  • Burns & Levinson LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • April 8 2013

Non-profits, which depend on both the private economy and the public sector, suffer greatly in economic downturns such as we are experiencing at