A pending EDVA case shows how the failure to address intellectual property rights in an asset sale can mushroom into multinational litigation, including a dispute over trademark rights in the United States....more
7/2/2024
/ Corporate Sales Transactions ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Sale of Assets ,
Standing ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
Parties involved in contract disputes often desire to avoid contractual limitations on recovery, fostering creative attempts to transform breach of contract claims into tort or other noncontractual causes of action. Such...more
Virginia’s Constitution automatically disqualifies all persons convicted of any felony from voting unless their civil rights are restored by the Governor. See Va. Const. art. II, § 1. In a recent case, two plaintiffs...more
4/1/2024
/ Eighth Amendment ,
Ex Parte ,
Felons ,
Interlocutory Appeals ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Standing ,
State and Local Government ,
State Constitutions ,
Virginia ,
Voting Rights
In a September 22 decision, District Judge David J. Novak denied the bulk of a motion to dismiss a suit alleging that a general contractor had infringed an architectural firm’s copyright on design plans for a brewery and...more
9/27/2023
/ Architects ,
Architectural Copyrights ,
Architecture ,
Construction Project ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Office ,
Copyright Registration ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Real Estate Development ,
The Copyright Act ,
Virginia
In June, four individuals and an advocacy organization for previously incarcerated individuals brought suit in the Eastern District of Virginia against several state and local officials alleging that Virginia was denying...more