“A federal judge in Miami has tossed an artist’s lawsuit contending that his copyrighted artwork consisting of a plastic orange and a banana duct taped to a green panel was infringed by a second banana display. U.S. District Judge Robert N. Scola Jr. of the Southern District of Florida ruled Read more…
“There is no “special First Amendment protection” for product parodies that use trademarks as their own trademarks, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday in a case involving Jack Daniel’s and the maker of a parody dog toy. The Supreme Court unanimously vacated a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court Read more…
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“Taco Bell filed two petitions to cancel trademark registrations for the phrase “Taco Tuesday” last week while touting its “liberation” campaign. The petitions seek to cancel trademarks registered by Gregory Hotel Inc. and Spicy Seasonings, which operates the Taco John’s restaurant franchise, according to Bloomberg Law and a May 16 Read more…
“A Massachusetts judge has refused to toss a $636 million malpractice lawsuit contending that a botched contract drafted by Proskauer Rose caused its client’s loss of a minority interest in a hedge fund. Judge Kenneth W. Salinger of the Suffolk County Superior Court in Massachusetts ruled for former Proskauer Rose Read more…
“A man who walked into a homeowner’s open garage and stole his leaf blower didn’t commit burglary because he didn’t use “force, stealth or deception” to gain entrance, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled. The Ohio Supreme Court vacated the burglary conviction of Donald Bertram and ordered a lower court Read more…
“The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider overruling a 1984 decision that established Chevron deference—the principle that federal courts should defer to reasonable federal agency views when Congress passes ambiguous laws. The Supreme Court agreed to consider the issue when it granted cert Monday in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Read more…
“A federal appeals court has upheld a California law that bans honking your car horn—except when reasonably needed to warn of a safety hazard. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at San Francisco ruled April 7 against Susan Porter, who was cited for honking her horn in support of Read more…
“Gerald E. Groff is a devout evangelical Christian and former missionary who settled into a job with the U.S. Postal Service in 2012 after years of overseas religious work. “Sometimes you just have to take the job that comes along,” he told an interviewer. One benefit, from his perspective, was Read more…
“As we start to come out of the pandemic, many businesses are deciding to embrace remote workforces on a more permanent basis for a variety of reasons, including cost saving, increased talent pool, and employee satisfaction. However, maintaining a remote workforce also presents the challenge of navigating various state and Read more…