On April 4, 2016, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved a bill entitled the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) ((S. 1890). The bill, introduced by Senator Orrin Hatch in July 2015, intends to establish a uniform national trade secret protection standard

As a business owner, it is important to research any intellectual property concerns before proceeding with an idea ...

Click here to read Judge Shubb's decision in the National Grange of the Order of the Husbandry vs. California State Grange d/b/a "CSG" 9/9/16 awarding our client, the National Grange $144,715.70 in attorney's fees.

SGR Partners Greg Kirsch and Matt Warenzak are continuing their service as adjunct professors of patent and intellectual property (IP) law, at various law schools.

The Supreme Court issued an important unanimous decision in Halo v. Pulse that vacates the Federal Circuit's rigid limits to the grant of enhanced damages in patent cases...

The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (the Board) affirmed the refusal to register the mark HERBAL ACCESS for "retail store services featuring herbs" in the matter of In re Morgan Brown.

On July 3, 2019, the PTO issued Examination Guide 2-19, entitled "Examination Guidance for Section 2(a)'s Scandalous Marks Provision after Iancu v. Brunetti."

On February 13, 2018, the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation issued a decision in favor of a Russian parallel importer...

In an August 20 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 that an EPA guidance document (the "Wehrum Memo") providing that "major" sources of toxics air ...

In Maynard v. Snapchat, Inc., Case No. A18A0749 (decided June 5, 2018), the Georgia Court of Appeals addressed a tragic situation involving an automobile accident and the popular application Snapchat.

In recent years, an industry has developed in which businesses advance monies to plaintiffs with pending lawsuits in exchange for a share of recovery

WHOIS, a protocol used to query databases for domain name ownership information, will likely be widely unavailable while the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) ...

Condominium boards that operate buildings with both commercial and residential units frequently ask us for assistance in disputes involving the calculation of common charges.

Condominium boards that operate buildings with both commercial and residential units frequently ask us for assistance in disputes involving the calculation of common charges.

The New York City Council is considering two bills that, if enacted into law, would substantially restrict the right of cooperatives to decline approval of purchase applications ...

As Hurricane Helene makes landfall in the Southeastern United States, contractors will be halting work on projects throughout the region while awaiting the passage of the severe weather event.

There was a collective sigh of relief last week when the Appellate Division, First Department – the New York appellate court whose jurisdiction includes Manhattan and the Bronx

SGR is pleased to be a co-sponsor of a new innovation center in Tel Aviv, Israel called DRIVE. DRIVE was founded by the Mayer Group, an Israeli automobile importer, in partnership with Honda Silicon Valley Lab,

The IRS published proposed regulations that will severely limit valuation discounts on the transfer of ownership interests to family members in family-controlled entities.

On July 26, 2016, the IRS issued final regulations under Section 83 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986...