¿Qué ocurre en España con los datos biométricos? Autenticación v. Identificación; Equívocos
If You Absolutely, Positively, Have To Rename My Redskins, This Will Do.
EUON Publishes Nanopinion on Polymer-Based Nanocomposites
On July 1, 2020, the European Union (EU) Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) published a Nanopinion entitled “Polymer based nanocomposites – enabling innovation, resource efficiency and helping to fight climate change” by Dr. Sabine Lindner, Consumer and Environmental Affairs, PlasticsEurope Deutschland e.V. Dr. Lindner notes how the addition of nanoscale particles to plastic matrices can improve the properties of products such as plastic packaging for food. According to Dr. Lindner, PlasticsEurope and the European…
Law Firm Accounting: It Is Not the Same!!! (Part 2)
US Supreme Court Opens Doors to Generic.Com Trademarks
On June 30, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Booking.com was not a generic term and could be eligible for federal trademark registration.[1] This 8-1 ruling overturned the “sweeping rule” of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) that the combination of a generic word and .com is generic and thus not eligible for trademark registration under US trademark law. The Court instead held, in an opinion penned by Justice Ginsberg: “A term…
UK COVID-19 Business Interruption Disputes Process May Offer Guidance to US Policyholders
The insurance industry in the United States continues to thwart legislative solutions for disputed COVID-19-related losses under property/business interruption policies and resists efforts to group lawsuits together into multi-district federal litigation or class actions. Meanwhile, the independent regulator of insurers in the United Kingdom, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), is trying to take a more organized and direct approach. Although the FCA indicated that it did not believe coverage existed for most claims for COVID-19-related…
ICYMI: My Litera TV Interview with Legal Technologist and Innovator Dennis Kennedy
U.S. Supreme Court says “booking dot yeah” to federal registration in Booking.com trademark case
After filing applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) nearly eight years ago, Booking.com, the travel registration website known for its punny commercial tagline, celebrated victory on June 30, 2020. In an 8-1 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court found that the trademark BOOKING.COM is not generic, and therefore eligible for registration.…
Trellis: The Google of State Court Analytics?
I have talked before about legal tech products that either try to do too much or are so nonintuitive that lawyers who bill by the hour won’t use them. One problem often begets the other: in attempting to do too much, a product often becomes too cumbersome to learn and use. I have found examples though of legal tech developers that get it right. Casepoint, for example, which I have written about before. More…
Regulatory Reform and Racial Justice
