by Manija Sidiqi | Jul 8, 2021 | Article
At the very end of an already tumultuous 2020, the Supreme Court of Florida issued a decision on December 31, 2020, adopting the federal summary judgment standard. In that opinion, rather than making substantial changes to the text of Florida Rule of Civil Procedure...
by Samantha Pendley | Jul 2, 2021 | Article
On June 01, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari for a matter of first impression and to review a circuit split regarding Copyright Law. The petition was granted for the Unicolors, Inc. v. H&M Hennes & Mauritz, LP Lawsuit and the...
by Tim O'Keeffe | Jun 11, 2021 | Article
Until this year, copyright infringement actions could only be brought in federal district court. 28 U.S.C. §1338(a). There was no small-claims court with jurisdiction to hear copyright claims in the United States. The problem, first recognized by Congress in 2011, is...
by John R. Beyer | Jan 26, 2021 | Article
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) recently increased certain filing fees as result of the biennial review of fees and costs, which began in December of 2018. These fee increases became effective January 02, 2021. The fees effected include both...
by Haviland M.M. Kebler | Oct 19, 2020 | Article
On May 20, 2020, The Eleventh Circuit issued its decision in Compulife Software, Inc. v. Newman, __ F. 3d __, 2020 WL 2549595, (11th Cir. May 20, 2020), a highly anticipated trade secret case, just as the Supreme Court was considering the grant of certiorari to decide...
by Maxey Law Team | Apr 10, 2020 | Article
In the words of Coco Chanel, “in order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.” The fashion scene is being hit hard when it comes to Intellectual Property lawsuits. For example, of the designers that appeared during this year’s New York Fashion Week events...
