Federal Judiciary

Did You Get a Notice From Trademark Monitoring and Notification Service
Mike Atkins at Seattle Trademark Lawyer provides this valuable warning. Atkins writes: Companies like this may provide a legitimate service. But from where I sit, it only looks like they?re trying to profit from trademark owners? inexperience...

Ind. Decisions - Supreme Court won't review Atkins guardianship case
Last Friday, Jan. 18th, the ILB reported that the Supreme Court had denied transfer in the case of Guardianship of Patrick Atkins, Brett Conrad v. Thomas and Jeanne Atkins. Today the Indiananpolis Star has this brief item:The Indiana Supreme Court...

Fare Thee Well Paul Atkins; Hello Troy Paredes
Fare Thee Well Paul Atkins; Hello Troy Paredes As the end of his term nears - and after six years in office - Republican SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins announced that he intends to leave the Commission "once a successor is...

Bonnie & Clyde Identity Thieves Could Face Federal Charges
Courtesy of the Philadelphia Daily News comes the latest on the so-called “Bonnie & Clyde” identity thieves, she of Drexel Univeristy and he a Penn grad (they must be so proud)...

SEC's Atkins on Materiality
SEC Commissioner Paul S. Atkins, at the SEC Speaks in 2008 conference, chided the agency for its failure to achieve predictability. Here is an excerpt on his discussion of the always troublesome definition of "materiality:" One of the most glaring...

Atkins Announces That He Will Leave SEC
SEC Commissioner Paul Atkins announced today that he intends to leave the SEC following the end of his term in June. Appointed by President Bush in August 2002 for the first of two terms, he plans to stay until his...