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January issue in PDF format
December 21, 2012
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Movers & Shakers
December 21, 2012
Who's doing what; who's going where.
News Briefs
December 21, 2012
Highlights of the latest franchising news from around the country.
Court Watch
December 21, 2012
Highlights of the latest franchising cases from around the country.
Supreme Court Upholds Mandatory Arbitration in Employment Contract
December 21, 2012
Proponents of mandatory arbitration clauses were given a victory in November when the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court in which the Oklahoma court had ruled that an employment non-compete agreement could be reviewed by a state court, despite an arbitration requirement in an employment contract.
January issue in PDF format
December 21, 2012
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IP News
December 21, 2012
Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.
'Buckyballs' Lawsuit May Limit Use of Celebrity Name
December 21, 2012
Advertisers and marketers should watch <i>The Estate of Buckminster Fuller v. Maxfield &amp; Oberton Holdings, LLC</i> closely to see what limits may exist on their use of a name that has ties to a celebrity as well as a separate object.
Return of the Undead: Golan v. Holder and the Public Domain
December 21, 2012
A recurring issue in intellectual property law is the possibility of establishing rights in subject matter from the public domain and drawing the boundaries between what is public and private. The issue arose in one guise in <i>Golan v. Holder</i>, 132 S.Ct. 873 (2012), which upheld the constitutionality of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (or, informally, Copyright Restoration Act), granting U.S. copyright protection to certain works that had passed into the public domain in the United States, but which were still protected in their country of origin.
Preissuance Submission Strategies for Patent Prosecution and Litigation
December 21, 2012
Under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, several new mechanisms allow third parties to challenge patent applications and patents. Among these is a new preissuance submission procedure by which members of the general public may submit prior art believed to be relevant to a pending patent application.

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