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Make Global Filings Easier By Using Country Templates
It is important for a patent attorney to be able to quickly and effectively advise a client who is filing a large number of international patent applications as to where such patent applications should be filed. One tool that can be useful in such situations is a 'country template.'
A country template, in its simplest form, is a default list of countries that is designed to meet a business need for a particular product line. This list becomes the starting point for the final selection of countries for every patent application that the client will file for that product line. The template is not fixed; additional countries can be added or deleted for any particular patent application. However, the overall process of selecting the countries is substantially simplified because the country template inherently contains the assumption that the patent application will be filed in a subset of all the countries of the world.
Having a country template is superior to asking the client for each new patent application the open-ended question: 'Where should the application be filed?' This question invites the client to answer 'everywhere' ' in every country in the world. The client's rationale behind such an answer is that if the invention to be patented could be sold or used in any country, then patent applications should be filed in all countries. However, contrary to this rationale, such a broad filing is rarely required.
Major Differences In UK, U.S. Copyright Laws
This article highlights how copyright law in the United Kingdom differs from U.S. copyright law, and points out differences that may be crucial to entertainment and media businesses familiar with U.S law that are interested in operating in the United Kingdom or under UK law. The article also briefly addresses contrasts in UK and U.S. trademark law.
The Article 8 Opt In
The Article 8 opt-in election adds an additional layer of complexity to the already labyrinthine rules governing perfection of security interests under the UCC. A lender that is unaware of the nuances created by the opt in (may find its security interest vulnerable to being primed by another party that has taken steps to perfect in a superior manner under the circumstances.
Strategy vs. Tactics: Two Sides of a Difficult Coin
With each successive large-scale cyber attack, it is slowly becoming clear that ransomware attacks are targeting the critical infrastructure of the most powerful country on the planet. Understanding the strategy, and tactics of our opponents, as well as the strategy and the tactics we implement as a response are vital to victory.
Legal Possession: What Does It Mean?
Possession of real property is a matter of physical fact. Having the right or legal entitlement to possession is not "possession," possession is "the fact of having or holding property in one's power." That power means having physical dominion and control over the property.
The Anti-Assignment Override Provisions
UCC Sections 9406(d) and 9408(a) are one of the most powerful, yet least understood, sections of the Uniform Commercial Code. On their face, they appear to override anti-assignment provisions in agreements that would limit the grant of a security interest. But do these sections really work?