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The State of State Privacy Laws: What Businesses Need to Know (2024 edition), California supplement
At the time of our September blog post, the California legislature had passed several privacy-related bills which were waiting for the Governor’s signature or veto. The Governor had until the end of September to take action. While some bills were vet...
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Patent Portfolio Management: A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
Most companies recognize patent portfolios as valuable business assets. They protect the investments made in research and development, and the efforts to bring products to market. As businesses evolve, and that cycle has only become shorter, patent p...
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The State of State Privacy Laws: What Businesses Need to Know (2024 Edition)
Summer days are over and it’s time to hit the books. State legislatures were just as busy in 2024 as they were in 2023 making up for the U.S. Congress’s inability to pass a comprehensive privacy law.
New Comprehensive State Privacy Laws
The Kentuck...
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AI Strategy for Banks: You’ve Got This!
When you think about artificial intelligence (AI), does your pulse start to race? Or are you excited to embrace it, but stuck in the quagmire of often conflicting, and even alarmist, information that seems to be coming at you from every direction? W...
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Supreme Court Vindicates Restriction on Registering Trademarks Containing Personal Names
Citing the common law right to use one’s own name commercially and to prevent others from doing so, the U.S. Supreme Court on June 13, 2024 upheld the constitutionality of a challenged restriction on trademark registration. Section 2(c) of the Lanham...
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Cannabis Rescheduling and What It Means for Trademark Owners
What was hinted at in the fall of 2023 appears to be heading towards reality as reports circulate that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has agreed to reschedule marijuana—or cannabis, as most in the industry prefer—from Schedule I to Sc...
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