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The Intellectual Property Strategist

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Customers: Developments on ‘Conquesting’ from the Ninth Circuit Image

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Customers: Developments on ‘Conquesting’ from the Ninth Circuit

Howard Shire & Di’Vennci K. Lucas

In a recent decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit addressed the issue of whether purchasing market competitors’ search engine keyword terms, known as “conquesting,” constitutes trademark infringement.

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Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement At the Supreme Court Image

Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement At the Supreme Court

Catherine Nyarady & Crystal Parker

In February 2024, the Fourth Circuit addressed a jury’s 2020 damages award of $1 billion finding Cox secondarily liable for its subscribers’ copyright infringement through illegal copying of copyrighted songs. Both Cox and Sony filed petitions for certiorari.

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Combatting Patent Trolls

Rob Maier

A subject of extensive debate within the U.S. patent system has been the classification of “patent trolls” — most widely defined as individuals or companies that acquire patents solely for the purpose of assertion, often in cases without any merit, but which leverage the high cost of patent litigation defense to force small settlements.

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What Can IP Practitioners Expect from Trump 2.0?

W. Karl Renner & Kristi Sawert & Megan Chacon & Michael Portnov

President-elect Donald Trump did not make intellectual property (IP) policy a major focus of his 2024 election campaign, but his policy priorities are nearly certain to have a profound effect on the IP landscape when he takes office in January.

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Subchapter V Could Be Ideal Choice for Franchisees Image

Subchapter V Could Be Ideal Choice for Franchisees

Craig R. Tractenberg

When franchisees choose to financially reorganize under the Bankruptcy Code, they may be the right size to choose to reorganize under Subchapter V of Chapter 11. Where the franchisor and the franchisee cannot reconcile, Subchapter V may provide the franchisee with breathing room and leverage to be revitalized.

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Do Pharmaceutical Patents Do More Harm Than Good? Image

Do Pharmaceutical Patents Do More Harm Than Good?

Ikenna C. Ejimonyeugwo

This article discusses how a pharmaceutical patent works, its role in drug development, and the polarizing impact it has on global health care.

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An NDA Is Not a ‘Magic Talisman’ for Trade Secret Protection Image

An NDA Is Not a ‘Magic Talisman’ for Trade Secret Protection

Stephen M. Kramarsky

An NDA can cover information that would not qualify as a trade secret under state or federal law, and it can provide limited contractual protection to that information. But it is not a “magic talisman” for the protection of intellectual property, and it cannot create trade secret protection where it would not otherwise exist.

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The Intellectual Property Strategist Staff

A look at the latest developments in intellectual property law.

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