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28 Jun’20

Romag v. Fossil: Resolving a Circuit Split on Willfulness and Profit Awards for Trademark Infringement

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In the midst of the COVID pandemic, the Supreme Court resolved an issue that was split evenly between the circuit courts. The issue before the Court was whether the Lanham Act, which is the federal statute governing trademarks, required a plaintiff to prove that the defendant had willfully infringed their trademark before the plaintiff could […]

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27 May’20

Allen v. Cooper: North Carolina’s Piracy of Blackbeard’s Pirate Ship

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In a recent decision by the Supreme Court in Allen v. Cooper, Governor of North Carolina the Court opined that States are immune from copyright infringement. While the Court noted that Congress may still act to remove this blanket immunity that the States have over copyright infringement, this holding makes clear that States generally have […]

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28 Jan’20

Trade Secret Damages Expert Blog: Head Start Damages

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In this first blog of 2020 in the continuing series on trade secrets and the methodologies utilized in determining damages, we are highlighting “head start” damages as described in the US Court of Appeals case Sabre GLBL, Inc. v. Shan. The defendant in this case was Shan, who worked for Sabre for nearly 20 years […]

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02 Jan’20

IP Predictions and Wishes for 2020

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At the beginning of a new year, I usually get asked what my predictions are for the coming year. With the beginning of 2020 being also the start of a new decade, I have participated in a survey of IP experts conducted by IPWatchdog, a leading IP blog that I contribute a lot of articles […]

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Newsletters

Forersight Newsletter: July 2020

This month we feature our webinar on brand valuation, blog on the supreme court decision in the trrademark case of Booking.com, as well as a preview of an upcoming webinar on IP and startup valuation in times of crisis.

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