Broadcast Station End of Year Filings and Requirements: Issues/Programs...
By Jan. 10, 2014, all radio and television broadcast stations, both commercial and noncommercial, must prepare a list of important issues facing their communities of license, and the programs aired...
View ArticleAre you ready for the coming explosion of cybersquatting?
The next wave of domain-name barbarians is gathering outside the gates. Here’s what you need to do now to keep your trademarks, and your e-commerce, safe. Almost every business has had to deal with...
View ArticleUpdate: SEC Releases Long-Awaited Proposed Crowdfunding Rules
In This Issue: - Requirements and Obligations Governing Crowdfunding Offerings - Regulation of Crowdfunding Portals - Additional Notable Provisions of the Proposed Rules - Next Steps - For More...
View ArticleCan you carry out Bitcoins activities in Canada without legal risks?
Bitcoins are a digital currency and have become widespread on the Internet and some companies have begun to accept these items as payment for real goods and services. At the time of writing, Bitcoins...
View ArticleItalian DTT Broadcasting – Another chapter to the LCN saga!
The Italian Council of State (Consiglio di Stato) finally published the long awaited decision on the “Telenorba Case”. As you recall from our previous posts, Telenorba appealed against the second LCN...
View ArticleWhat Impact Can Social Media Have on a Trademark Dispute?
Social media weighs in on the dispute over use of the mark ROUBAIX in connection with bicycles. A lawsuit was brought by Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc. (“Specialized”) who owned the registration...
View ArticleHow to Maintain Records for your Digital Assets
This post is the third in a four-part series about Digital Assets and estate planning. Read part 1, “What are Digital Assets?” and part 2, “Do your Digital Assets have Value?”. As previously discussed,...
View ArticleGlaxoSmithKline Announces Further Limits on Payments to Physicians and on...
GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK” or the “Company”) announced yesterday that it will stop paying health care professionals to promote its drug products and will no longer tie the compensation of its worldwide...
View Article[Video] Rolling Out LPM Software at Akin Gump
Dec. 19 (Bloomberg Law) -- Toby Brown, Director of Strategic Pricing and Analytics at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about the challenges of implementing a...
View ArticleFCC Asked To Rule That Anonymized Phone Call Data May Not Be Shared Absent...
A coalition of privacy advocates filed a petition for declaratory ruling with the FCC on December 11, 2013 seeking a significant tightening of the Commission’s existing rules that limit the sharing of...
View ArticleThe Danger of Self-Colliding Divisional Applications in the EPO
Last week I had the honor of speaking at the 27th Annual Pharmaceutical/Chemical Patent Practice Update put on by the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association’s Chemical Practice Committee. The...
View ArticleSarah Palin and North Jersey Media Group Battle Over “Fair Use” of Famous...
The iconic “Raising the Flag at Ground Zero” photo of firemen raising an American flag on September 11, 2001, which appeared on the cover of The Record newspaper and other newspapers on September 12,...
View ArticleHealth Update -- Dec 19, 2013
The Debate over Specialty Pharmaceuticals: Is the Promise Worth the Price? - ..What’s the Issue? - Specialty pharmaceuticals are a rapidly growing share of total drug expenditures by public and private...
View ArticleMajor Changes to Defamation Law in the UK to Take Effect 1 January 2014
An announcement from the UK justice minister has confirmed that the new Defamation Act ("the Act") will take effect from 1 January 2014.1 The Act makes major changes to existing defamation laws in the...
View ArticleAustralia: South Australian Premier agrees to remove “Gambling starts with...
In its latest step to reduce the perceived harm that might be inflicted on children by simulated gambling, the South Australian Government has commenced an advertising campaign, featuring a billboard...
View ArticleTexas to Launch Nation's First Privacy and Security Certification "Safe Harbor"
The Texas Health Services Authority (THSA) recently announced its selection of the Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) Common Security Framework (CSF), the most widely adopted information...
View ArticleResponses to FCC Survey of Fixed Voice and Broadband Rates in Urban Areas...
The FCC recently announced that respondents to the Commission’s “urban rate survey” must complete survey responses no later than Jan. 17, 2014. The urban rate survey is an FCC initiative to collect...
View ArticleThe CFPB Requests That Agreements Marketing Financial Products to Students...
As a follow up to its initial inquiry earlier this year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is alerting financial institutions about the “potentially risky practice of making secret...
View ArticlePrivacy Top Ten: Things You Think You Know About Privacy – But Don’t!
Whether a start–up or a listed ASX company, your business opportunities are increasingly on–line and/or overseas. At last count over 80 countries have adopted data privacy laws and Australia’s new...
View ArticleFFIEC Issues Guidance Concerning Applicability of Federal Consumer Protection...
On December 11, 2013, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (the “FFIEC”), on behalf of its members (the OCC, FRB, FDIC, NCUA and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”)),...
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