What’s Happening in Technology, Intellectual Property & Contracts – September 2020

Posted on September 23, 2020 by admin

Intellectual Property – Copyright Jackson v. Roberts, United States District Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Docket No.19-480, decided August 19, 2020 Topics: Copyright, Right of Publicity, Preemption This is an appeal from the United States Court for the District of Connecticut that granted summary judgment to William Leonard Roberts II’s (aka Rick Ross) […]

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What’s Happening in Technology, Intellectual Property & Contracts – August 2020

Posted on August 1, 2020 by admin

Intellectual Property – Copyright UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Kurbanov, No. 19-1124 (4th Cir. 2020) In this appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to the Fourth Circuit, decided on January 26, 2020, the question before the court was whether the defendant, Tofig Kurbanov, d/b/a flvto.biz, a/k/a 2conv.com , was […]

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What’s Happening in Technology, Intellectual Property & Contracts – March 2019

Posted on March 15, 2019 by admin

This month: Fourth Estate Public Benefit v. Wall-Street.com  Rimini v. Oracle Intellectual Property – Copyright Registration Fourth Estate Public Benefit v. Wall-Street.com (2019) The United States Supreme Court was asked to resolve a split among the Courts of Appeals regarding when copyright registration occurs. The specific issue before the Court was “[has] registration been made in accordance […]

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What’s Happening in Technology, Intellectual Property & Contracts – February 2019

Posted on February 7, 2019 by admin

This month:           United States v. Stetkiw           Helsinn Healthcare v. TEVA           Goggin v. National Union Fire Insurance Company Technology News – Bitcoin United States v. Stetkiw, Case No. 18-2057 (E.D. Mich., 2/1/19) The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, was asked to determine whether the defendant, Bradley Stetkiw, […]

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What’s Happening in Technology, Intellectual Property & Contracts – January 2019

Posted on January 11, 2019 by admin

    This month: Token Taxonomy Act AirFacts, Inc. v. Diego de Amezaga Dittman, et al. v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center     Technology News Token Taxonomy Act, H.R. 7356. On December 20, 2018, Representatives Warren Davidson and Darren Soto of Ohio and Florida, respectively, introduced a bill H.R. 7356, entitled the “Token Taxonomy […]

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What’s Happening in Technology, Arts, Small Business and Contracts – January 2018

Posted on January 9, 2018 by admin

This month: In the Matter of Munchee, Inc. SEC v. PlexCorps Twentieth Century Fox Television v. Empire Distribution, Inc. Technology News Below are two SEC cases involving Initial Coin Offerings or ICOs. Based on signaling from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), 2018 is shaping up to be a […]

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What’s Happening in Technology, Arts, Small Business & Contracts – November 2017

Posted on November 25, 2017 by admin

Technology News Update – SEC complaint against initial coin offerings (ICOs) by companies REcoin and Diamond Reserve Club as well as individual Maskim Zaslavskiy. SEC v. REcoin Group Foundation, LLC, et al., 17 Civ. 5725 (E.D.N.Y., Sep. 29, 2017 On November 8, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a letter endorsing a Proposed Agreed […]

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What’s Happening in Technology, Arts, Small Business & Contracts – October 2017

Posted on October 13, 2017 by admin

Technology News SEC files a complaint against initial coin offerings (ICOs) by companies REcoin and Diamond Reserve Club as well as individual Maksim Zaslavskiy. Key terms: ICOs, material misrepresentation, deceptive acts, Securities and Exchange Commission On September 29, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court of the […]

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What’s Happening Now in Technology, Arts, Small Business and Contracts – September 2017

Posted on September 13, 2017 by admin

Technology News Distributed Ledger Technology and new Delaware law On August 1, 2017, Delaware became the first state to allow share issuing corporations to keep track of stockholders and outstanding stock via blockchain technology. This is one of several steps Delaware has identified as part of its initiative to use blockchain technology as a streamlining […]

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Book release: Legal Aspects of Engineering, Design and Innovation

Posted on July 12, 2017 by admin

Released in January 2017, this is the tenth edition – with a new title! This book is the result of a year-long effort to update, reorganize and revise a now standard engineering law text. In this revision, you will find significant updates to prevailing law as well as references to new and emerging technology, such […]

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