Hsu Untied interview with Dean Fealk, Partner at DLA Piper
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 470: Tips for Neurodivergent Law Students (w/Heather Varanini and Rebecca Petrilli)
Hsu Untied interview with John Wayne Horton, Partner at Lowenstein Sandler
Hsu Untied interview with Casey McCracken, Partner at Gibson Dunn
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 280: Why Do People Fail the Bar Exam? BET Tutors Weigh In (Part 1)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 469: The Power of Professional Style: A Conversation with Alison Bruhn and Delia Folk
Hsu Untied interview with Jason Hirsch, Partner at Nixon Peabody
Hsu Untied interview with David Niemeyer, Partner at Skadden
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 279: Quick Tips -- Retaking the Bar Exam After Failing
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 468: Playing the Role of You (w/Pam Sherman)
Closing Argument: Opportunity and Challenge
Hsu Untied interview with Lily Zhang, Partner at Jones Day
Hsu Untied interview with James Abe, Partner at Alston & Bird
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 467: Surviving Migration in the Age of Technology (w/Petra Molnar)
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 277: California Is Outsourcing the Bar Exam to Kaplan?!?
Hsu Untied interview with Laurie McNamara, Partner at Wilson Sonsini
Take your relationships to another level by co-authoring thought leadership with clients and referral sources
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 276: Listen and Learn -- General, Special, and Quitclaim Deeds (Property)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 466: Listen and Learn -- Concurrent Estates (Property)
The Privacy Insider Podcast Episode 4: Don't Be Evil: In the Hot Seat of Data Privacy, Part 1
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2017 saw a bumper crop of Supreme Court decisions on intellectual property matters around the world including eight by the United States Supreme Court, two by the Canadian Supreme Court, and two by the United Kingdom Supreme...more
Trademark Law - Let Them Register Offensive Trademarks! - In June of 2017, in Matal v. Tam, the Supreme Court held that the disparagement clause of the federal Lanham Act violates the Free Speech Clause of the First...more
The Situation: Artificial intelligence ("AI") technology is exploding across virtually all industries. Technology companies are innovating at warp speed, and even companies that do not principally identify as "technology...more
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In this brand-new publication, our pan-European DSM Taskforce helps you plan for the changes by providing an overview of the Commission’s Digital Single Market strategy; what the key legislative measures will bring about and...more
You may remember, you may recall, A certain infringement suit filed last fall. It was filed by the heirs of the great Dr. Seuss, And now they’ve run smack dab into the doctrine of fair use....more
TBS comedian and late-night talk show host Conan O’Brien was given good reason to frown Monday when a federal judge denied summary judgment as to three of the five jokes comedy writer Alex Kaseberg claims O’Brien and his...more
Anna Jarvis led the efforts to establish the first official celebration of Mother’s Day in 1908, during which she honored her own mother, Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis, a Civil War-era social activist. But about a dozen years after...more
The sudden appearance near Wall Street on March 8, 2017 of The Fearless Girl, a bronze life-sized depiction of a roughly ten-year old girl staring defiantly at the famous Charging Bull sculpture has prompted headlines...more
The year 2016 saw interesting and diverse developments in trademark, copyright, trade secret, and patent law. Not only has intellectual property news been in the headlines, but these areas have made it to the Supreme Court....more
One hundred and seventy five years ago, on January 22, 1842, Charles Dickens first set foot in America, specifically in Boston, after a twenty day steamship voyage from Liverpool. Dickens, only a few days shy of his thirtieth...more
As the calendar turns the page from 2016 to 2017, we take the opportunity to review Canadian IP law and practice highlights from the past year....more
A recent Ninth Circuit decision in Antonick v. Electronic Arts, Inc. (filed Nov. 22, 2016), shows some of the proof issues that a plaintiff may encounter in prosecuting claims for copyright infringement in connection with...more
Recently our colleagues Natalie Arbaugh and Rex Mann discussed the Fifth Circuit’s decision in GlobeRanger Corp. v. Software AG USA, Inc., 2016 WL 4698270 (5th Cir., Sept. 7, 2016), focusing on the Court’s discussion of the...more
Here are recent and significant M&A deals in the 3D space. In September, GE acquired SLM Solutions and Arcam, reportedly spending $1.4 billion for both. Arcam provides a cost-efficient additive manufacturing solution...more
Europe’s highest court has ruled that software owners have potentially greater rights to prevent the resale of back-up copies of their works than may exist in relation to the original licensed programs. The Court of...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled in favor of the composer of the 1960s Iron Man theme song, finding material facts in dispute as to whether the song was commissioned as a work for hire. Jack Urbont v. Sony...more
Tweet nicely to the Twitter bot, “LnH: The Band”—a newcomer in artificial intelligence music generation—and the bot will automatically compose melodies for you. The AI-based band is “currently working on their first album,”...more
This summer, the competition for popcorn popping mobile apps heated up as the creators of “Perfect Popcorn” and “iMunchies” battled over copyright infringement claims. On July 18, 2016, a judge in the Northern District of...more
Caution remains the watchword for incorporation of “copyleft” software into proprietary software projects, as a German court has declined to provide insight into the reach of the influential free software license, the General...more