Blog: Protecting Businesses and Their Owners
Prop 65: Legislature Considers Bill Revising Certificates of Merit
The legislature is considering a bill (AB 1583) that would revise the rules governing certificates of merit.
Change in Regulations Regarding Notices of Violation
The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) has proposed two changes in its regulations regarding the contents of the Notices of Violation. The first change is being made to section 25903(b)(2)(E), concerning occupational exposures. Such notices are...
Hearing on Naturally Occurring Lead Levels in Candy Containing Chili/Tamarind
Hearing on "Naturally Occurring" Lead Levels in Candy Containing Chili and Tamarind The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) is holding a public hearing in response to a petition from the Center for Environmental Health requesting that OEHHA...
Supreme Court to Rule on Inter-Parties Review
Download the PDF here This morning, the Supreme Court agreed to hear Oil States Energy Services v. Greene's Energy Group. The question presented* by that case is: 1. Whether inter partes review—an adversarial process used by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to...
Selling Products Overseas Just Became Very Risky
Click here to download the PDF In an opinion handed down on May 30, 2017 in a case titled Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc., the Supreme Court overruled previous lower court decisions relating to "exhaustion" of patent rights. The impact of...