Intellectual Property, Nonprofit Law, Labor & Employment Law

So You Want to Create an App?: Important Legal Considerations for Nonprofits

by Krista Coons, Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum | Venable LLP on 4/9/2013

In this presentation: - Apps! A Mobile Revolution - But, What Exactly Is an App? - Apps vs. Websites: A Primer - Legal Considerations - Why Does IP Ownership Matter? - Creation of...more

Preparing an Online Social Media Policy: The Top Ten Legal Considerations for Your Nonprofit

by Ronald Taylor, Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum, Armand Zottola | Venable LLP on 3/12/2013

Legal issues - Same as before but new platforms – Entity use of social media – Pathways to Legal Liability or Risk: Defamation, Intellectual Property, Trade Secret, Advertising, Privacy, and...more

Starting a Kentucky Business Task List

by Wolfe & Houlehan PLLC on 3/5/2012

List of legal and practical steps most entrepreneurs face in starting a business in Kentucky...more

Legal Risks in Nonprofit Social Media Use

by Gammon & Grange, P.C. on 2/3/2012

Social media has become an invaluable tool for advancing nonprofit causes. But most nonprofits are unaware of the many potential legal traps in the online world. Below are some tips on avoiding legal troubles in social media...more

A Collection of Venable's Nonprofit Legal Articles and Presentations from the Third Quarter of 2011

by Venable LLP on 10/14/2011

As we have done previously (e.g., see full newsletter for link to our second quarter 2011 Alert), Venable's Nonprofit Organizations Practice Group will share the best of the nonprofit legal articles and PowerPoint...more

Business News Digest- July 2011

by Venable LLP on 7/29/2011

IN THIS ISSUE: Breaking News: Historic Change to Domain Name System — What You Should Know CFPB Targets Debt Relief Services Market for Supervision Chambers, Legal 500 Name Venable Top Advertising Law...more

Be careful with your agreements: Bayh-Dole Act does not automatically confer ownership of inventions from inventors to...

by International Lawyers Network on 7/7/2011

Court holds Bayh-Dole Act simply assures that contractors may keep title to what they already have The Supreme Court recently held in Stanford v. Roche that the Bayh-Dole Act (also known as the University and Small...more

Recent Supreme Court Decision May Affect Federally Funded Research

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 6/27/2011

The U.S. Supreme Court recently considered an important issue under the Bayh-Dole Act in Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. The Act, passed by Congress in 1980, is intended...more

U.S. Supreme Court Issues a Trio of Patent Opinions

by Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 6/22/2011

The Supreme Court has handed down three opinions that relate to patent issues. In Global-Tech v. SEB, ____ U.S. ____ (2011), the Court issued a new standard for establishing inducement of infringement; in Stanford v. Roche,...more

U.S. Supreme Court Holds That Bayh-Dole Act Does Not Automatically Vest Title In Patents To Government Contractors From Inventors...

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/13/2011

On Monday, June 6, 2011, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. (Stanford v. Roche). In a majority decision1 authored by...more