The shelter-in-place orders prevented in-person tastings from happening, throwing a curve ball to the wine industry. As the wine country slowly prepares to reopen, it will not be the same experience pre-COVID-19 pandemic. For...more
6/19/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Responsibilities ,
Health and Safety ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Privacy Laws ,
Public Health ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Webinars ,
Wine & Alcohol ,
Wineries
While we’re far from returning to the “normal” that predated the COVID-19 pandemic, states have begun to relax lockdown requirements and some previously “nonessential” businesses are returning to operations. Along with these...more
6/16/2020
/ Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Health and Safety ,
Personal Data ,
Privacy Laws ,
Re-Opening Guidelines ,
Virus Testing
While far from getting us back to any kind of normal that predated the COVID-19 pandemic, states have begun to relax lockdown requirements and some previously-closed “nonessential” businesses are returning to operations. With...more
5/27/2020
/ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Data Collection ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Government Lockdown ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Non-Essential Businesses ,
Patient Privacy Rights ,
Personally Identifiable Information ,
Pre-Employment Health Screenings ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Safety ,
Re-Opening Guidelines
Democratic Senators Richard Blumenthal and Mark Warner have introduced the Public Health Emergency Privacy Act in response to the bill of the same subject released by Senate Republicans (the COVID-19 Consumer Data Protection...more
With all of the business interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many worldwide trademark offices have taken steps to recognize the issues caused by the crisis. The offices in which applicants from the U.S. most...more
5/16/2020
/ Canada ,
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Delays ,
EU ,
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Time Extensions ,
Trademark Office ,
Trademarks ,
United States ,
USPTO
A group of Republican senators has proposed a new privacy law to govern the collection and use of certain personal information thought to be both important and at risk during the current coronavirus crisis....more
5/10/2020
/ Contact Tracing ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Collection ,
Data Protection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) ,
FTC Act ,
Geolocation ,
Political Parties ,
Popular ,
Prior Express Consent ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Public Health ,
Public Safety ,
Temporary Regulations
With all of the business interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many worldwide trademark offices have taken steps to recognize the issues caused by the crisis. The offices in which applicants from the U.S. most...more
5/6/2020
/ Abandonment ,
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Revival ,
Time Extensions ,
Trademark Office ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
With all of the business interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many worldwide trademark offices have taken steps to recognize the issues caused by the crisis. The offices in which applicants from the U.S. most...more
4/14/2020
/ Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Office ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
With all of the business interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many worldwide trademark offices have taken steps to recognize the issues caused by the crisis. The offices in which applicants from the U.S. most...more
4/4/2020
/ Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Court Closures ,
Court Schedules ,
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ,
Popular ,
Time Extensions ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO
With the explosion of COVID-19 cases worldwide, companies and governments have expanded their interest in the use of the vast stores of consumer data. Even where such collection and use of personal data is ostensibly for the...more
With all of the business interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, many worldwide trademark offices have taken steps to recognize the issues caused by the crisis. The offices in which applicants from the U.S. most...more
3/27/2020
/ Administrative Appeals ,
Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Court Closures ,
Court Schedules ,
European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) ,
Foreign Trademark ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Office Closures ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Cancellation ,
Trademark Opposition Proceedings ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO