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Getting a Notice from Your ISP
It’s been a long day. You pull the snail mail out of its box. You find a letter from your ISP, your internet service provider. Maybe it’s a special offer to such a loyal customer? You open it and find a notice that your subscriber information has been subpoenaed as part of a lawsuit for […]
November 7, 2016 Posted in Articles, Business of Media, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Internet Law Tagged Copyright, Intellectual Property, internet law, ISP notice, protecting yourself against copyright infringement accusation Comments Off on Getting a Notice from Your ISP
Yelping About Yelp
Yelp and other business profile websites are a common sore spot for many businesses. At a minimum, it is a free service to advertise your business, showcasing your products or services and attracting customers. However, there are strings attached. Yelp also offers its subscribers the chance to review businesses online. Every once in a […]
October 19, 2016 Posted in Business, Business Counseling, Business of Media, rights of publicity Tagged CDA section 230, ecomm, handling negative reviews, Hassell v Bird, internet law, Streisand Effect, yelp Comments Off on Yelping About Yelp
7 Myths About Incorporation for Small & Medium Enterprises
Incorporating Is The Only Way to Shield My Assets If There Is a Catastrophe. Starting a small business has its risks. It takes a lot of work, there are lots of long nights, and it needs a lot of resources, which leads to a lot of worries. What if the product somehow goes wrong, making […]
July 29, 2016 Posted in Articles, Business, Business Counseling, Business Law, Incorporation/LLC Comments Off on 7 Myths About Incorporation for Small & Medium Enterprises
A Tilted Playing Field: Copyright Infringement and Attorneys’ Fees
In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. […]
July 1, 2016 Posted in Articles, Business, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Trademarks Tagged Attorneys' Fees, Copyright, Copyright Act, First Sale Doctrine, intellectual property rights, Justice Elena Kagan, Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Supreme Court, Warner Brothers Comments Off on A Tilted Playing Field: Copyright Infringement and Attorneys’ Fees
New Obligations to Defend Your Trade Secrets
On Wednesday, May 11, 2016, President Obama signed into law the “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016,” which provides an extraordinarily strong civil seizure provision – and an important notice requirement to employees, contractors and consultants that all employers who even think they have trade secrets should add to their contracts and employee handbooks. This […]
May 13, 2016 Posted in Articles, Business, Business Counseling, Business Law, High Technology Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets Tagged Defend Trade Secrets Notice Requirement 18 USC 1833 1836 Comments Off on New Obligations to Defend Your Trade Secrets
New Employment Laws for 2016
There were new developments in California employment law that every business owner needs to know. Minimum Wage. Most already know that California raised the minimum wage to $10 per hour as of the beginning of the year. However, some local jurisdictions have raised it even higher: Oakland, for example, has raised the minimum wage in the […]
February 28, 2016 Posted in Articles, Business, Business Counseling, Business Law, Employment Comments Off on New Employment Laws for 2016
Dive On In, Justice Thomas!
by: Andrew K Jacobson On February 1st, the New York Times published “It’s Been 10 Years. Would Clarence Thomas Like to Add Anything?”, about the impending anniversary of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ last question to a lawyer appearing before the highest court in the land. Justice Thomas says that he wants to give counsel […]
February 1, 2016 Posted in Articles, Business Law, Intellectual Property Comments Off on Dive On In, Justice Thomas!
PreIssuance Submissions
— Third Party Challenges to Pending Patent Applications — — New Procedure Under the America Invents Act — By: Sharon Adams November 14, 2014 One addition to U.S. patent law provided by the American Invents Act is the ability for a third party to challenge a pending patent application. See, 35 […]
November 14, 2014 Posted in Articles, Intellectual Property, Patent, Uncategorized Tagged AIA, America Invents Act, concise statement, notice of allowance, patent, patent application, patent pending, preissuance, questionable scope, small entity, Third party challenge Leave a comment
Call of Duty — to Protect the Right of Publicity?
By: Sharon Adams Oct. 23, 2014 The recent case of Noriega v. Activision Blizzard presents the question: Does infamy give rise to the right of publicity? Manuel Noriega, the former Panamanian dictator, filed suit against Activision Blizzard, Inc. in July of this year, claiming that Activision’s use of his image […]
October 29, 2014 Posted in Articles, Business of Media, Copyright, High Technology Law, Intellectual Property, Political, rights of publicity, Uncategorized Tagged Activision Blizzard, Civil Code 3344, EA, Electronic Arts, First Amendment, Giuliani, Gwen Stefani, Norega Leave a comment
California’s New Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Law
By Daniel Richardson Beginning July 1, 2015, nearly all California employers will be required to provide full-time and part-time employees with a minimum of three days of paid sick leave per year. The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, signed into law by Governor Brown on […]
October 8, 2014 Posted in Articles, Business Law, Employment, Political Tagged Governor Brown, healthy families, paid sick days, sick leave, sick pay, updating employee handbook Leave a comment
