Copyright law is in the news again this week, including the rise in copyright infringement cases against retailers in copyright infringement cases over textile patterns.

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.

From 1966 through 2007, the City of Key West, Florida prohibited the operation of any tattoo parlors.

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

In Dana's Railroad Supply v. Florida Attorney General, Case No. 14-14427 (decided November 4, 2015), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit addressed an interesting issue involving the application of the First Amendment to commercial speech.

Following close on the heels of Savetsky, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in Friedman et al. v. Guthy-Renker, LLC, Case No. 2:14-CV-06009-ODW (C.D. Cal. Feb. 27, 2015), reached a similar result.

Earlier this week, Verizon released its annual Data Breach Investigations Report for 2015.

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...