Jun 27, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
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...
Jun 22, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
By Gary S. Shuster The PDF to this article can be downloaded here. The Supreme Court decided Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC today. The holding is simple: The Court refused to change a rule they announced in the 1964 Brulotte case, holding that a patent holder...
Jun 12, 2015 | Environmental law, News
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...
May 1, 2015 | Environmental law, News
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...
May 1, 2015 | Environmental law, News
By Craig A. Tristao The full article can be downloaded here. On April 30, 2015 the 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...
Feb 27, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
Download the PDF here. There is a complex relationship between intellectual property protection and money. Many venture capital sources and angel investors will not invest without some kind of assurance or plan to reduce the risk that a big company will see what you...