CLIENT NEWS: Mynette Louie wins at Spirit Awards
Congratulations to client and childhood friend Mynette Louie on winning the Piaget Producers Award at the 2013 Spirit Awards on February 23. Mynette has had considerable success in recent years with f ...
EVENT : Client Dance/NYC Symposium today
I was delighted to take part in the legal clinic offered today as part of the Dance/NYC Symposium today. Lawyers and industry experts donated their time to advise new and seasoned participants with a ...
CLIENT NEWS : Corbin Hill at TEDx counterevent; TEDx viewing
Client Corbin Hill Road Farm's head Dennis Derryck was one of the speakers invited to "Not Just Talk: Food in the South Bronx", a conference focusing on food justice issues affecting communities like ...
NEWS: Zak Shusterman quoted for backyard chicken advocacy
Zak Shusterman was quoted in a feature article in the Lewisboro Ledger headlined, Katonah residents raise uproar over backyard chickens by Reece Alvarez. His efforts in support of backyard chicken rai ...
CLIENT NEWS : MyPetChicken.com at CT NOFA Conference
Client My Pet Chicken will be represented at the upcoming Winter Conference of the Connecticut Northeast Organic Farming Association (CT NOFA) on March 2, 2013. This year's conference will focus on th ...
EVENT: Client symposium, legal clinic
Client Dance/NYC will be hosting a symposium on February 24 to explore issues of funding, touring, marketing, and education in New York's current dance environment. Descriptions on the various symposi ...
EVENT: Legislating backyard chickens
Zak Shusterman had the honor of speaking before the Town of Bedford, NY's Zoning Board of Appeals in support of expanding residents' rights to raise small flocks of backyard chickens. Zak provided tes ...
INSIGHT: Promotional “sales” – online and off
An online presence allows retailers to effectively market products and services nationally and globally. Your website marketing effort is available to consumers down the street as easily as those thou ...
SEMINAR : Legal basics for freelancers and small businesses
I've been invited to do a presentation on the legal issues that are most relevant to freelancers and small businesses. This is a presentation has been very popular in the past. The workshop will cove ...
SEMINAR : Legal issues in business websites
On Feb. 27, I'll be holding a seminar on legal issues you're likely to run into with your commercial websites. Topics will include protecting your brand and content, privacy policies and terms of use, ...
INSIGHT: Originality in intellectual property
Originality plays an important role in both intellectual property and business success. Some degree of originality is required to secure the protection of patent, copyright or trademark law. "Novelty" ...
Patent Fees Revised
The USPTO recently published the new patent fee schedule, as part of the America Invents Act. The new fees are set to take effect on March 19, 2013. The changes should result in overall lower appl ...
Design Patents – rapid turnaround
A recent study by Dennis Crouch over at the Patently-O blog finds that over the last three years, the majority of design patents were examined and issued within about 12 months of application. This is ...
INSIGHT : VHS-to-DVD: useless but not obsolete
I was asked if a private school in NYC could digitize its large collection of VHS content onto DVD. Like much of the world, the school had long stopped investing in VHS in favor of more contemporary D ...
Clients in the News – Carticulate
Client Carticulate, experts in combing cutting edge cartography, information visualization and graphic design, have caused quite a buzz lately with their theoretical Milwaukee subway map. Milwaukee h ...
“Occupy” Technology as Protest
Hacktivist group Anonymous has become well known in recent years for protesting internet censorship as well as for paralyzing secure corporate computer systems using distributed denial of service (DDo ...
INSIGHT : Non-Profits – expedited 501c3 filings
A client recently asked whether their 501(c)(3) application qualified for expedited review by the IRS. The IRS will only accelerate the review process in very limited circumstances. For example : ...
Software – to patent or not to patent
The validity of software as a valid subject matter for patentability has been the subject of much debate of both sides of the Atlantic. The now famous Bilski decision (130 S.Ct. 3218, 3255 (2010)) inc ...
New Year, New Address
Sending best wishes for 2013 to all our dear friends, colleagues and their families. Due to the need for extensive renovations necessary in the building, the office is relocating just around the co ...
Patent Reform, reformed again
Many patent lawyers, as well as a good number of the talented clients we represent, were disappointed by the America Invents Acts of 2011 (the "AIA"). One of the more commonly discussed provisions, im ...