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Client Alert: Draft Trademark Law Amendment and its Potential Impact on China Trademark Strategy

As China’s importance for brand owners continues to grow, so too does the sophistication of China’s IP application processes.  Earlier this year, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a...more

Client Alert: Supreme Court to Address International Reach of U.S. Trademark Law

Earlier this month, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal that could clarify the legal landscape for U.S. brand owners seeking to enforce trademarks abroad — namely, whether brand owners may file suit in U.S. court for...more

Putin Threatens Nationalization of Western Intellectual Property and Assets in Russia

In response to Western sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin recently issued statements threatening Russian state seizure of intellectual property and other assets from companies originating in “unfriendly countries.” ...more

Trademark Modernization Act Provisions Take Effect

As we wrote in January 2021, the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA) brought significant changes to trademark law and practice. The TMA clarified the standard for brand owners seeking injunctions against infringers in...more

Trademark Modernization Act: New Protections for Brand Owners

The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TMA), enacted amid the many and wide-ranging provisions of the recently enacted COVID-19 relief package, contains significant changes to trademark law and practice. The TMA clarifies...more

U.S. Copyright Office Releases Report on Digital Millennium Copyright Act

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), signed into law in 1998, has had an enormous and long-lasting impact on the rights of copyright owners and the evolution of the internet....more

Client Alert: The Implications of Brexit on Intellectual Property Rights

After years of angst and political uncertainty, the United Kingdom officially left the European Union on January 31, 2020, and its departure gave rise to many questions regarding the future of intellectual property rights in...more

Client Alert: New USPTO Rule Requires Foreign Applicants, Registrants, and Parties to TTAB Proceedings to Be Represented by U.S....

A new USPTO rule recently came into effect that impacts foreign applicants, registrants, and parties to proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (“TTAB”). The new rule requires all foreign applicants,...more

Client Alert: EU and UK Trademarks and Designs If There’s No Brexit Deal

The validity of EU trademark registrations in the UK after Brexit remains uncertain as negotiations continue. ...more

NGE IP Focus: Hospitality and Leisure - ISSUE 1 | FALL 2018

Among the things that are the most exciting about being an intellectual property practitioner working in the hospitality industry are the variety and wide breadth of legal issues that need to be addressed. We are...more

Reminder: Service Providers Must Comply with New Requirements for Copyright Safe Harbor by December 31, 2017

As we discussed in our previous alert, the deadline for internet service providers to re-register electronically for copyright safe harbor protection is rapidly approaching on December 31, 2017....more

Reminder: Service Providers Must Comply with New Requirements for Copyright Safe Harbor by December 31, 2017

Under regulations issued late last year by the United States Copyright Office, to receive safe harbor protection, all “service providers” must electronically register an agent to receive notices of copyright infringement...more

Sweeping Changes in EU Trademark Law and the Brexit Unknown

By now you have undoubtedly heard that in the Brexit Referendum held on June 23, 2016, the majority vote was in favor of United Kingdom leaving the European Union. Notwithstanding the outcome of the vote, it is presently...more

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