Blog: Protecting Businesses and Their Owners

Help, Yelp! What to do if you are being defamed online
Click here to download "Help, Yelp! What to do if you are defamed online!" It is a common problem businesses face: You are going about your day, providing great customer service, when you notice a bad review pops up on Yelp (or Google+, or Amazon, or any of the...

Patent royalties cannot last beyond the expiration of the patent: SCOTUS
The holding is simple: The Court refused to change a rule they announced in the 1964 Brulotte case, holding that a patent holder cannot charge royalties for the use of his invention after its patent term has expired.

The State Water Resources Control Board has Curtailed Diversions by Certain Pre-1914 Senior Water Rights Holders
In a move not seen since California was gripped by drought in the 1970s the California State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) has sent notices of curtailment orders directing senior water rights holders in the Delta, San Joaquin and Sacramento watersheds to...

The State Water Board has Curtailed All Post-1914 Water Rights Permits, Licenses, Registrations and Certificates.
On May 1, 2015 the State Water Resources Control Board issued an immediate curtailment notice to those diverting water from the Sacramento River Watershed and Delta under a Post-1914 water right permit, license, registration or certificate. This curtailment follows...

State Water Board Uses Term 91 as the Basis for Curtailment Orders to Water Right Permit and License Holders
State Water Resources Control Board declared that (1) water being released from state and federal water projects is being released in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (Delta Watershed) and (2) the Delta is in Balanced Condition. It then issued curtailment notices to 88 holders of post 1914 water rights permits and licenses in the Delta Watershed whose permit or license contains Term 91.