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News & Analysis as of May 21, 2013

Will FTC Chairman Leibowitz’s Departure Change The Enforcement Landscape?

by Barak Bassman, Daniel Boland, Deirdre McInerney, Barbara Sicalides | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 3/7/2013

After three years at the helm of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Chairman Jon Leibowitz stepped down. Without a doubt Chairman Leibowitz has been a visible and relentless advocate for restricting pay-for-day or reverse...more

Trade & Manufacturing Alert - June 2012

by King & Spalding on 6/1/2012

In This Issue: - 01 United States Continues To Make Progress At The U.S. - China Strategic And Economic Dialogue - 02 New U.S. Model Treaty Text To Promote Bilateral Investments With Emerging Economies - 03...more

Nexsen Pruet's LightSwitch Intellectual Property Law Bulletin - Third Quarter 2011 - Volume Four, No. 3

by Nexsen Pruet, PLLC on 10/10/2011

In This Issue: - The America Invents Act - NPR's This American Life Takes on the Patent System - Hey! You Stole the Invention I paid You to Invent! Excerpt from The America Invents...more

Co-opting Political Symbols for Commercial Use

by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 10/5/2011

The Lanham Act prevents applicants from registering any of a number of words and devices as marks, including immoral or scandalous matter and flags or coats of arms. In terms of the latter exclusion, such a prohibition makes...more

MBHB Snippets - Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law, Summer 2011, Volume 9, Issue 3

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 9/9/2011

In This Issue: 1 On the Brink of Change — Congress Passes Patent Reform 1 ICANN’s Proposal for New Generic Top Level Domain Names 8 The Supreme Court Review of the Federal Circuit: Recent Decisions with Varying...more

Congress Has Designs For Piracy Prevention Legislation

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/22/2011

Fashion Designers are often irritated when their designs have been critically acclaimed on the runway, but do not achieve retail success. Similarly, proponents of the proposed Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Act and...more

Fashion Forward: IDPPA Gains Unanimous Approval Of Senate Judiciary Committee

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 12/7/2010

On November 30, 2010, the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate unanimously passed the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Act (“IDPPA”) (S. 3728), which was introduced by Senator Charles Schumer (NY) on August...more

The Innovative Design Protection and Privacy Prevention Act: Will Design Protection Be In Vogue in Congress?

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 8/23/2010

On August 6, 2010 Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), introduced a bill entitled the Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act ("IDPPPA") (S. 3728), which represents a compromise between the American Apparel &...more

The Federal Trademark Dilution Law: Is It Working?

by Morrison & Foerster LLP on 8/4/2009

In the past 15 years, Congress has enacted two versions of a federal trademark dilution law. These laws have been passed in response to lobbying by brand owners to provide broader protection for famous trademarks beyond that...more