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Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Document Search Results (389) Show: results per page Sort by:  | Laches, Acquiescence, and Trademark Injunctions
Susan Neuberger Weller; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 24, 2013, previously published on May 22, 2013 On May 8, a long time manufacturer of ceremonial paddles marketed to fraternities and sororities filed a petition for certiorari with the US Supreme Court seeking relief from an injunction barring him from using Greek organizations’ trademarks in his advertising. Thomas Kenneth Abraham d/b/a...
| | The New Generic Top-Level Domains and the New Trademark Clearinghouse: Deciding Whether to Register Your Brands
Susan Neuberger Weller; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) is the organization that oversees domain names worldwide. It recently began accepting new applications for expanding the number of generic top-level domains (“gTLDs”) on the Internet. The most popular gTLDs...
| | The Issues of Trademark Infringement and Dilution Go “Wild”
Susan Neuberger Weller; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2013, previously published on May 20, 2013 Those of us in a certain age bracket will remember Mutual of Omaha’s “Wild Kingdom” television program that first began in 1963. The Emmy Award-winning show’s first run ended in 1986, and the show went into production again in 2002 for broadcast on the Animal Planet network....
| | The Department of Energy Establishes Uniform Protocols for Determining Energy Efficiency Savings
Sahir Surmeli; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2013, previously published on May 17, 2013 The Department of Energy has just published a new series of protocols for calculating the savings from energy efficiency upgrades in homes, commercial buildings, and industrial facilities. Although voluntary, the new protocols, issued on May 15, are designed to create a common approach for...
| | Patent Eligibility of Software Innovations After CLS Bank
Richard G. Gervase, Peter F. Snell; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 22, 2013, previously published on May 17, 2013 The en banc Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently could not agree on the proper approach for determining whether software-based inventions constitute patent eligible subject matter under § 101 of the patent statute or whether they fall within the judicially-created “abstract...
| | The Great Disappearing Acts: California Considers Two Bills Addressing the Removal of Online Information of Minors
Jake Romero; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 21, 2013, previously published on May 17, 2013 Do you ever find yourself worrying that, given the types of things minors deem appropriate to post on social networking Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, our country won’t be able to produce an electable candidate for president in 40 years? If so, you’ll be glad to know that the...
| | Rx for HIPAA Compliance
Cynthia J. Larose; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 21, 2013, previously published on May 17, 2013 Weighing in at half the length of Tolstoy’s legendary tome War and Peace, it is no surprise that the thought of the impending deadline for compliance with the 538-page HIPAA Omnibus Rule has left many small clinical practices feeling overwhelmed. HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the...
| | E-2 Visas for Israelis Still Delayed
Douglas Hauer; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 12, 2013 Nearly one year ago, President Obama signed legislation that would add Israel to the list of countries eligible for E-2 nonimmigrant investor visas to the United States. The legislation would grant E-2 investor visas to Israelis, allowing them to live and work in the U.S. to be closer to their...
| | OCR Announces Free HIPAA Omnibus Rule Webinars
Stephanie D. Willis; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 16, 2013 The HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR) and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) are co-sponsoring four upcoming webinars to help smaller health care providers feeling overwhelmed by the 138-page HIPAA Omnibus Rule better understand HIPAA compliance and enforcement topics. The...
| | Five Takeaways from the OIG’s Special Advisory Bulletin on Exclusion
Ellyn L. Sternfield; Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 17, 2013, previously published on May 10, 2013 This week the Office of Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services (“OIG”) issued an updated Special Advisory Bulletin on the Effect of Exclusion from Participation in Federal Health Care Programs, an update that was more than thirteen years in the making.
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