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Licensing
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The Brand Protection Blog
Authorised use or something fishy? – Implications for trade mark ‘use’ in Australia in the inter-company context
By Georgina Hey (AU), Matt Allen (AU)
Trade mark licensing arrangements can often offer significant benefits for trade mark owners by increasing brand exposure and royalty revenue streams. However, as we have previously reported, recent Australian cases…
Construction Payment Blog
Contractor Payments And Profitability Depend on Licensing Compliance
By James Gilmer
Licensing in the construction industry is often viewed as a roadblock to “business-as-usual.” Understandably, with a need to bid on and deliver projects within tight schedules, owners of construction firms…
California License Law Blog
California Department of Insurance Agent License Defense
By Fredrick Ray
The California Department of Insurance (DOI or CDI) regulates California insurance brokers, insurance adjusters, bail bondsmen, annuity salespeople and others. The California Department of Insurance License Background Bureau processes applications…
Bartlesville Law Blog
What is a certified lawyer in Oklahoma?
By Kyle Persaud
NOTE: The information provided on this website is not intended to be, and does not constitute, the giving of legal advice. The information provided here is not intended to be,…
Long Island Land Use and Zoning
Lack of Standing Prevents a Challenge to a Local Law that Requires Massage Therapists to be Licensed by the Municipality
The Appellate Division recently issued a decision that explained why a massage therapist and the American Massage Therapy Association, (AMTA), a professional organization of massage therapists, lacked standing to challenge…
Explorations with Information and Technology
A License in the Dark
By David Whelan
It’s that time of year again. We are on a January to December fiscal year, so I’ve tended to try to license in parallel. That way, if there is a…
The Trademark Blog
2d Circuit: Copyright Complaint Cannot Be Based On Mere Suspicion
Plaintiff photographer pled that Scholastic had exceeded its license. Plaintiff didn't provide particulars as to the infringement, arguing that any information supporting such an allegation was within Scholastic's control. Second…
Bright Law Blog
Relief for foreign financial services providers
ASIC has extended to 31 March 2020 licensing relief for foreign financial services providers to allow them to provide certain financial services to Australian wholesale clients without needing to hold…
Global Regulation Tomorrow
AFM points out licence obligation for proprietary trading firms that execute orders on behalf of clients
By Floortje Nagelkerke (NL), Anka Langedijk (NL)
On 28 August 2019, the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten AFM) published a news item addressing the licence obligation for proprietary trading firms (handelaren voor eigen…
Waller Law Blogs
Are Certificates of Compliance headed for extinction in Tennessee for liquor and grocery stores?
08.19.19The Tennessee legislature recently eliminated the Certificates of Compliance requirement for renewal of wine in grocery store (which we affectionately call “WIGS”) licenses. However, all new WIGS applications still require…