Publications
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06.24.2022State AGs Call for Congressional Action on Copycat THC EdiblesBlogsMore than 20 state attorneys general (AGs) authored an open letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation that would regulate tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) edibles that mimic the packaging and names of popular products.
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01.07.2021Trademark Modernization Act of 2020: Three New Year’s Gifts for Brand OwnersUpdatesThe Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) was signed into law on December 27, 2020, making several changes to the Lanham Act that have important effects on trademark owners’ brand protection programs.
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10.29.2020How Cannabis Companies Can Protect Their TrademarksArticlesThe cannabis industry’s rapid growth presents companies with the need to protect their brands from trademark infringement, and to avoid infringing on the trademarks of others.
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11.17.2016Ninth Circuit Expands the Octane Fitness Attorneys’ Fee Standard to the Lanham ActUpdatesFollowing several other circuits as well as patent law precedent, in SunEarth, Inc. v. Sun Earth Solar Power Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently made it easier for Lanham Act litigants to recover attorneys’ fees.
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03.27.2015Will Supreme Court Issue Preclusion Ruling Give TTAB Decisions More Bite?UpdatesThe Supreme Court addressed the preclusive effect of decisions of the USPTO’s administrative court, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), on district court trademark infringement proceedings in B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Indus., Inc. In its ruling this week, the Court held that a district court should give preclusive effect to a TTAB decision if the ordinary elements of issue preclusion are met.
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09.10.2014Inside Views: The Perfect Package: A Checklist To Avoid Legal ChallengesArticles
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07.09.2014The Perfect Package: A Checklist to Avoid Legal ChallengesUpdatesYour product teams surely have already finalized their lineup of holiday winners, the new gizmos and must-have widgets that you hope end up on everyone’s wish lists.
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09.13.2011Hidden IP: Take a 360º View of Retail and Consumer Product-Related Intellectual Property Risks and Opportunities This Holiday SeasonArticles
iPFrontline.com
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08.23.2011Protecting Your Brand in the New .XXX DomainUpdatesThere have been many recent changes in the world of domain names. This is the fourth in a series of updates on these issues. It is intended to keep you informed about issues that are important to brand owners and any others with a significant web presence.
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07.26.2011Hidden IP: Take a 360º View of Retail and Consumer Product-Related Intellectual Property Risks and Opportunities This Holiday SeasonUpdatesAll of the tools and tricks you will use this holiday season to catch consumers' eyes and capture their dollars will likely involve intellectual property (IP) rights. New products (patents? copyrights?) with catchy names (trademarks?) and bright packaging (trade dress?) supported by huge advertising campaigns (more copyrights?) are distributed through new channels to attract new customers (trade secrets?). You've registered your trademarks and copyrights and thought about whether you have any patentable inventions. But your IP rights are implicated in many other areas of your business, especially during the holiday season.
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06.30.2011.Pepsi and .Soda: Are You Ready for the Coming Expansion of Domain Name Space? Legal and Practical Issues for In-House Counsel and Brand ManagersUpdatesIn a matter of months, the amount of "Internet real estate"—which has been static for the past several years—will expand dramatically. Companies, organizations, cities and others will be able to apply to ICANN to launch new domain spaces using brand names (for example, .nike), generic terms (such as .shoes) and locations (such as .nyc).
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10.08.2010Keyword Advertising Update – Navigating Unsettled Waters to Protect Your Mark and Promote Your BusinessUpdatesWhen consumers type your brand names into an Internet search engine this holiday season, do you expect that your website or the stores that sell your product would be at the top of the results list? They might. But the first link could direct those consumers to your fiercest competitor's site.
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10.01.2009Combating Counterfeiting, Piracy and Gray-Market GoodsUpdatesRemember the hype surrounding Tickle Me Elmo in 1996, Sony's Playstation in 1995 and, if you're old enough, the Cabbage Patch Kids in 1986? Each holiday season features new "must-have" gifts—that toy your child just cannot live without or that next generation video game or console or that one special pair of boots.
Presentations
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10.05.2023Litigation Update – Game IP EnforcementSpeaking EngagementsModerator
Video Game Bar Association Summit Northwest / Seattle, WA -
09.22.2023IP Protection in the Cannabis IndustrySpeaking EngagementsCannabis Industry General Counsel Roundtable / Denver, CO
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05.18.2022A Crash Course in Copyright and Trademark ProtectionSpeaking Engagements
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American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) / Virtual -
08.27.2019Overview of Critical Legal Issues for Video Game StartupsSpeaking EngagementsPanelist
PAX DEV / Seattle, WA -
03.10.2017Trademark Enforcement in the Expanded gTLD UniverseSpeaking EngagementsWSBA Intellectual Property Section
22nd Annual Intellectual Property Institute / Seattle, WA
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11.28.2016Slants, R-skins and the Lanham Act: Disparaging Trademarks and the 1st AmendmentSpeaking EngagementsPanelist
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10.2016Voter Protection TrainingSpeaking EngagementsSeattle, WA
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09.26.2015Endorsements and TestimonialsSpeaking Engagements
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McCarthy Symposium: Trademark Law and Its Challenges 2015 / San Francisco, CA -
03.14.2014Trademark Law and the Regulation of Search: Tales from the Keyword TrenchesSpeaking EngagementsPanelist
McCarthy Symposium: The Regulation of Search / Oxford, U.K.
Trade Secret Tracker
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A company looking to protect its own trade secrets or manage risk involving others’ trade secrets must first consider whether company information qualifies as a trade secret. Often a threshold issue in litigation, this is also an important question for companies and people to consider when entrusted with access to the information of others. Most... Continue Reading…