Latest NewsLadas Memorial Award Competition The Ladas Memorial Award Competition is an annual competition for Academics, Students and Practitioners interested in trademark law. The deadline date to submit a paper regarding trademarks or a matter directly relating to or affecting trademarks is January 20, 2012. More …. Ladas & Parry is pleased to announce the publication by John Wiley of a new book entitled “Intellectual Property Operations & Implementation in the 21st Century Corporation” edited by Lanning Bryer, Scott Lebson and Matthew Asbell of the firm’s New York office. This book, the second in a two-part series, includes contributions from a roster of renowned industry experts from both in-house and private practice. The first book, “Intellectual Property Strategies for the 21st Century Corporation”, was released earlier this year. More …. Trade Secrets in the Digital Age “A Multidisciplinary Approach To Trade Secret Protection in the Digital Age”, a paper by David C. Brezina of the firm’s Chciago office, discusses using not only the Uniform Trade Secret Act, but other legal provisions to protect trade secrets which might be embodied in a data base available to employees, for example, on line. More …. US Patent Law Reform has Arrived The final form of US Patent Law reform legislation (in the form of the “America Invents Act”) has now been enacted. On September 8, 2011, the Senate voted to adopt the bill that had been passed by the House of Representatives on June 23, 2011 (HR 1249) and on September 16, 2011, the President signed it. The main features of the new law will, for the most part, take effect one year after enactment. However, a few provisions come into effect immediately, or almost immediately, and others only eighteen months after enactment. New official fees come into force 10 days from enactment. The main provisions of the new law are discussed in this paper. More …. Comments on the US White Paper on IP Enforcement The Obama administration has issued a white paper entitled “Intellectual Property Enforcement Legislative Recommendations” on the domestic enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) rights, which proposes increasing criminal penalties for distributing counterfeit drugs, economic espionage and the theft of trade secrets and the creation of a right of public performance for sound recordings transmitted by over-the-air broadcast stations. John Richards of our New York Office has written a thought provoking article, recently published by Intellectual Property Magazine, about the extent to which these proposals might be accepted or rejected by American public opinion. A copy of John's article is available here. |
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