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BONDing with NPE's - the requirement for security for costs or expenses under Section 1030 of the California Code of Civil Procedure

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2013

A little used and often overlooked provision of the California Code of Civil Procedure recently played an important role in three recent cases

Fashion industry puts on its game face

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 23 2012

As fashion houses are presented with the ever-challenging goal of achieving and maintaining brand recognition, many are now attempting to engage consumers in both the real and virtual worlds

New USPTO satellite offices target centers of innovation

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 17 2012

While the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) has long been recognized as the U.S. government's primary mechanism for encouraging and rewarding innovation by individuals, it has recently engaged in a concentrated season of internal administrative innovation

Life after death - right of publicity law

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 16 2012

Society is consumed with celebrity

The Kardashian Sears marriage causes the girls to end up in court

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 22 2011

Kim Kardashian filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Central District of California against Old Navy for using a modelactress that allegedly looks like her and calls her to mind in its commercials

Increasing level of seizures by U.S. Customs

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 29 2011

Companies are reporting a significant increase in intellectual property seizures at U.S. ports in recent months, resulting in increased supply chain disruptions

Frankenstein's monster: data rights changes adopted in the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2011

A great deal of discussion has transpired regarding recent legislation that reportedly could alter significantly the established "follow-the-funds" test used for the allocation of intellectual property rights in data developed under a government contract

March Madness isn't for everyone

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 11 2011

It's that time of year again

IRS guidance on new excise tax on branded pharmaceutical companies: filing due January 21, 2011

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 15 2010

In a prior article dated May 25, 2010, we advised of a new excise tax on branded pharmaceutical manufacturers

New law integrates China's scattered private international law rules for foreign-related civil relationships

  • Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • December 9 2010

On October 28, 2010, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress promulgated the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Application of Law for Foreign-related Civil Relationships" (the "Law"