ArticleWhen Does A Trademark Qualify For Copyright Protection?My father is an attorney who has practiced law for more than forty years.United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleWillie Nelson To Roll His Own Brand Of Pot (Video Content)Monday (4-20) was the unofficial holiday of stoners. With the legalization of pot in certain states, a new crop of trademarks and celebrity endorsements are growing.United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleWriting Off Your RightsI have twins. Yes, we have two of most everything. No, it doesn't make it easier. The twins don't always remember who owns what or whether the object was traded. I hear a lot of, "That's mine!" United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleA Lot Has Changed Since New Horizon Left For PlutoOver the last week, I have been discussing Pluto a lot with my kids. We realized last Tuesday that the New Horizons mission left Earth when my daughter was two months old (likely, I was sleep deprived and don't remember it leaving). United StatesLaw Practice ManagementStites & Harbison PLLC
VideoPreakness Moves Away From Party Animal Brand (Video Content)The 139th running of the Preakness Stakes will take place this Saturday at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleThe Post-Snowden Privacy PolicyThe Pew Research Foundation released a new study entitled Public Perceptions of Privacy and Security in a Post-Snowden Era. United StatesPrivacyStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleAAA Arbitration Rule ChangesThe Construction Industry Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) have long been referenced in American Institute of Architects (AIA) and other construction agreements and are commonly used in the arbitration of construction disputes.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleContractors: The G-Man Cometh, Are You Ready?Contractors are accustomed to taking a lot of risks. Many of those risks are obvious. Consider the contractor who agrees to build a pipeline at a fixed price per foot. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleStatutory Right To Prompt Payment - Or Maybe NotThese laws can provide important benefits to contractors and subcontractors, but are often subordinate to contract terms and therefore less helpful than they might appear.United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleWill COVID-19 Toll The Statute Of Limitations In Product Liability Actions?As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches into 2021 with no clear end in sight, a good question for product liability defendants is whether the pandemic will have a tolling effect on the applicable...United StatesConsumer ProtectionStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleNLRB Sets Path For Rulemaking Resolution Of The Joint Employer StandardThe latest news regarding a possible path for resolution of the standard by which a franchisor may be held to be a "joint employer" of its franchisees' employees, and thus liable for those employees' claims for violations of employment laws, ...United StatesEmployment and HRStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleBenefits Of Registration - January 11, 2019At the beginning of this new year, it helps to remind ourselves why we engage in this work, why trademarks matter, and, more particularly, why registration matters. United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
VideoLack Of Protection Can Lead To Unwanted ConsequencesFirst the Airbnb logo; now the University of Dayton logo. It seems that this summer has been the summer of creative misfires in the rebranding sphere.United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleMore Relief For Trademark Owners From The PTO Deadlines During The PandemicThe last Trademarkology post (found here) identified ways in which the United States Patent and Trademark Office (the "PTO")...United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleIn Hindsight . . . Supreme Court Of Kentucky Reaffirms Its Retrospective Approach To Enforcing Liquidated Damages ProvisionsThe Supreme Court of Kentucky recently reaffirmed its decision in Mattingly Bridge Co. v. Holloway & Son Const. Co.United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleNew Loss Of Productivity Standard On The HorizonClaims experts around the country are predicting a proliferation of loss of productivity claims as a result of the impact of COVID-19 on the construction industry. United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Stites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleSixth Circuit Applies Updated Arbitration Waiver StandardIn a published opinion issued on March 27, 2024, the Sixth Circuit applied for the first time the waiver standard announced in the Supreme Court's 2022 opinion...United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleEasy Come, Easy Go: Delaware Court Upends Elon Musk's $56 Billion Equity Incentive PlanAn extraordinary performance-based stock option plan (the "Grant") awarded by Tesla, Inc. ("Tesla") to Elon Musk ("Musk")...United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleTennessee Series LLC Basics: Liability Separation With A Single EntityWhat is a "Series LLC"? It's a limited liability company that has elected to allow the creation of separate series. United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawStites & Harbison PLLC