Intellectual Property Law

Leahy-Specter Letter To USTR On ACTA
US senators Patrick Leahy (Democrat, Vermont) and Arlen Specter (Republican, Pennsylvania), the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee, warned the US Trade Representative not to negotiate an overly broad Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), and criticised the Bush administration for not supporting their bill in Congress to strengthen US IP protection ...

U.S. Senators Express Concern About ACTA
U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy and Arlen Specter, typically associated with increased IP protection, have issued a public letter to the USTR expressing concern about the current direction of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement negotiations...

USTR Sued for Release of ACTA Records Under FOIA
EFF and Public Knowledge have sued US Trade Representative under FOIA seeking release of records pertaining to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). [Text of Complaint] ACTA parties are the US, the EU, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and New...

Senators Push for Transparency for ACTA
The hot-button issue of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) not being transparent became a major issue again recently. Three senators are demanding that ACTA be made more transparent and that it wouldn't undermine congress's ability to govern...

ICC Members Push for Multilateral IP Agreement
Members of the International Chamber of Commerce’s Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) Committee have asked US Trade Representative Susan Schwab to speed the development of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)...

New rumblings About ACTA
There are reports popping up every now an then about the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement(ACTA) that's being negotiated in secret. The latest sheds some light on the RIAA's (and presumably other content trade groups) desired provisions...

Trade Secrets
Former execs are hit with doctrine of inevitable disclosure.

Prenuptial Agreements
Make an Airtight Prenuptial Agreement

Uniform Pre-marital Agreement Act
Standard Prenuptial Law

Whats a Home Loan Modification?
How to Qualify for a Home Loan Modification

Trade Secrets
Razorsight agreed to pay $4.5 million settlement in infringement lawsuit.

Newspaper Publisher
Star Tribune must pay St. Paul Pioneer Press a $3.8 million trade secrets act violations settlement.

NCAA Sued for Conspiracy and Anti-competitive Practices Related to Athletic Scholarships
NCAA Sued for Conspiracy and Anti-competitive Practices Related to Athletic Scholarships

Sea Star Agrees $18.5M Settlement in Anti-trust Class Action
Sea Star Agrees $18.5M Settlement in Anti-trust Class Action

New York, NY and the NYPD
alleging false arrest for violating an unconstitutional anti-loitering law.

Loan Agreement
Vernalis to pay Endo Pharmaceuticals $7 million settlement.