Blockchain Domains: New Developments for Brand Owners
July 01, 2024
Blockchain domain names offer decentralized alternatives to traditional DNS-based domain names, promising enhanced security, privacy and censorship resistance. However, these benefits come with significant challenges, particularly for brand owners seeking to protect their trademarks in these new digital spaces.
Putting a Face (and a Voice) to Your Brand
July 01, 2024
Tips for Preparing a Spokesperson
An organization's brand is among its most valuable assets. Just as we aim for consistent use of logos or taglines, maintaining control of messaging is an important component of brand management. To that end, it's helpful to establish a spokesperson for media outreach, interviews and more.
Appellate Courts Skeptical About Bankruptcy Court Sanctions
July 01, 2024
Recent appellate decisions reflect a distaste for appeals from bankruptcy court sanction orders. A split Fourth Circuit even refused to hear such an appeal. Other courts tend to limit sanctions or, alternatively, accept a bankruptcy judge's findings under a stringent "abuse of discretion" standard.
DOJ's Cyber Fraud Initiative: A Wake-up Call That Keeps Ringing
July 01, 2024
DOJ's Cyber Fraud Initiative has been a wake-up call for companies to prioritize cybersecurity and adhere to stringent standards. By leveraging the FCA, DOJ has used a powerful enforcement tool to target a wide range of cybersecurity failures and misrepresentations. The increasing focus on cybersecurity by enforcement agencies means that robust cybersecurity practices are becoming a standard expectation, not just a best practice.
AI Can Facilitate Innovation, But It Can Also Become a Potent Patent Killer
July 01, 2024
When is an inventor not an inventor? It's when the inventor isn't human. So, if a non-human inventor can't, in the eyes of patent law, be an inventor, what role can the non-human inventor have in the patent system? The answer is straightforward. Even though it can't create, it can destroy.
Landlord Liable for Retaliating Against Maker of False Discrimination Claim
July 01, 2024
What responses are available to a landlord after a false claim of discrimination? The Court of Appeals faced that issue and held that a landlord may not seek to recover the damages it has suffered as a result of a false discrimination claim, so long as the claim was made in good faith.