June, 2018

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Coca-Cola or Dr Pepper?

Greenspoon Marder LLP

By: Sharon Urias, Esq. Everyone knows that Coke and Pepsi are rivals, but did you know that Coke also has been engaged in a battle with the Dr Pepper Snapple Group over the term ZERO? For the past fifteen years, The Coca-Cola Co. (“Coca-Cola”) has been battling with Dr Pepper Snapple Group’s Royal Crown Company, Inc. and Dr Pepper/Seven UP, Inc. (“Royal Crown”) over Coca-Cola’s efforts to trademark the term ZERO.

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Court in Copyright Case: Don’t Embed That Tweet!

McBayer IP Blog

Posted In copyright , Intellectual Property “When the Copyright Act was amended in 1976, the words “tweet,” “viral,” and “embed” invoked thoughts of a bird, a disease, and a reporter.” So begins the opinion of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in the case of Justin Goldman v.

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Who Really Owns The Art: Creator or Buyer

Art Law Journal

Steve Schlackman. Buying visual art, such as an oil painting, and we may have joint ownership along with its creator. So what did we really buy?

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Immigration and Criminal Law: Effective Assistance of Counsel

GDB Firm Blog

?In the Sixth Amendment, the United States Constitution guarantees the right to effective assistance of counsel to all criminal defendants. This right extends to citizens and non-citizen criminal defendants alike. New York, which has an established history of protecting non-citizens and ensuring they receive competent legal guidance before pleading guilty, continues this tradition in a recent Appellate Division, First Department decision, People v.

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Software Composition Analysis: The New Armor for Your Cybersecurity

Speaker: Blackberry, OSS Consultants, & Revenera

Software is complex, which makes threats to the software supply chain more real every day. 64% of organizations have been impacted by a software supply chain attack and 60% of data breaches are due to unpatched software vulnerabilities. In the U.S. alone, cyber losses totaled $10.3 billion in 2022. All of these stats beg the question, “Do you know what’s in your software?

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The CLOUD Act: Extending the Long Arm of the Law to Obtain Digital Evidence

GDB Firm Blog

On March 23, 2018 the President signed into law the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, also known as the "CLOUD Act." The CLOUD Act amended the outdated Stored Communications Act ("SCA"), 18 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq. to require email service providers to disclose emails in its possession, custody or control. Specifically, the amendment now includes emails that are stored outside of the United States.

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What Should I Do When Someone Files a Lien Against My Home in NY?

GDB Firm Blog

5 Things to do when liened.

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