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Amazon and U.S. IPR Center announce “Operation Fulfilled Action”

August 23, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

On November 24, 2020, the U.S. government’s National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) and Amazon announced a joint effort to address counterfeit goods entering the U.S. In an effort to protect consumers, the operation will analyze data and conduct targeted inspections aimed at preventing counterfeit products from entering the U.S. supply chain. The…

Internet Law

Why the Data Wall and the Advance of Quantum Computing Matter to Copyright Lawyers

August 23, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

Samuel Johnson by Joshua Reynolds from Wikipedia Large language models are built on scale. The bigger they are, the better they perform. The appetite for letters of these omnivorous readers is insatiable, so their literary diet must grow steadily if AI is to live up to its promise. If Samuel Johnson, in one of his…

European Law

Actual Innocence and Legal Malpractice Claims Against Defenders

August 23, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

Poquee v Wheldon 2024 NY Slip Op 51245(U) Decided on September 5, 2024 Supreme Court, Albany County, Hartman, J., restates the well settled (and perhaps unfair) rule that a criminal defendant has no good claim against the defense attorney absent “actual innocence” which generally means acquittal, exoneration or reversal on appeal. Practitioners get a large…

New York Law

Are You Trapped In Timeshare Holidays? — MCL

August 23, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

If you are able to demonstrate that you have a valid reason for wanting to cancel the timeshare agreement, such as a change in your financial circumstances or a medical condition that prevents you from using the timeshare, then it is possible that you will be granted permission to do so in certain circumstances. If…

Canada Law

Happy Retirement to Raun Burnham

August 23, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

In two years the Internet Law Center will celebrate its 20th year. This year, however, the firm is celebrating a somewhat bittersweet milestone — our first retirement. After fifteen years of helping this firm as a legal assistant with a specialty in trademark filings, Raun MacKinnon Burnham has taken her final bow. According to SevenReflections.com,…

Internet Law

The George Orwell case – KSLR EU Law Blog

August 23, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

Source: https://bit.ly/3L9sNxX Praneet Pandey & Kalhan Safaya* In March of 2021, the International Trademark Association (herein referred to as INTA) brought certain ‘amicus briefs’ before the Grand Board of Appeals (GBoA) of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) apropos of the three parallel appeals put forth by The Estate of The Late Sonia Brownell…

European Law

The Emerging Legal and Regulatory Risks of Loyalty Programs

August 23, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

As part of our commitment to keeping you informed of new regulatory developments and their potential implications, we have highlighted recent statements by federal officials concerning loyalty programs, such as those involving airline miles and credit card points. These comments signal a potential shift in how these programs are viewed under consumer protection laws, and…

Internet Law

Settle German Legal Disputes Now!

August 23, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

Corona forces German courts into de facto lockdown for 2020 If you want to end a German legal dispute in the foreseeable future – settle! If you have beef with a German business partner, do not count on any help from German civil or business courts during spring and summer 2020. While German civil courts…

European Law

The silver empire: How Germany created its first common currency

August 23, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

More than 300 autonomous members of the Holy Roman Empire came together to create a common currency based on silver in the mid-sixteenth century. Drawing on a new book, Oliver Volckart explains the background to this important moment in Europe’s economic history. In the mid-sixteenth century, the Holy Roman Empire had about 300 largely autonomous…

European Law

A Lawyer’s Blog – Jon Michael Probstein, Esq.: LANDLORD TENANT LAW: STANDARD FOR COMMON LAW FRAUD RE: RENT STABILIZATION

August 23, 2024 rehan.rafique No Comments

1532-1609 OCEAN AVE LLC v. HERTZAN, 2024 NY Slip Op 24180 – NY: City Court, Civil Court 2024: This is a nonpayment proceeding commenced against Dena Hertzan (“respondent”) on the basis of an unregulated lease agreement to pay rent in the amount of $1,800 per month commencing April 1, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2021….

New York Law