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Does President Trump's Emergency Declarations Trigger California Price Controls?
As discussed in yesterday's post, California's anti-price gouging statute, Penal Code Section 396, is triggered upon the ...
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EU Council Adopts European Health Data Space Regulation
On January 21, 2025, the Council of the EU adopted the European Health Data Space Regulation (the “EHDS Regulation”). The EHDS Regulation aims at making cross-border exchange and access to EU health ...
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A Lynk to the Past: Published Applications Are Prior Art as of Filing Date
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial & Appeal Board decision finding challenged claims invalid based on a published patent application that, in an inter ...
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HIPAA Security Rule Updates: New Business for Business Associates
Bradley has launched a multipart blog series on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed changes to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) ...
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Complex or Not Written Description Is Evaluated Against Claims
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s ruling of invalidity for lack of written description, finding that the district court erred in its analysis of written ...
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Battle of the Oranges: U-Haul vs. Public Storage in a Trademark Showdown Over the Color Orange
To be eligible for trademark registration, a color must have acquired distinctiveness and must not be functional. Recently, the Federal Circuit discussed the importance that a color mark not ...
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New York State Proposes Bill That Would Place Restrictions Noncompetes and Other Restrictive Covenants
With the Federal Trade Commission’s Noncompete ban essentially dead, state legislatures, as expected, are taking restrictive covenant lawmaking into their own hands.
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When Life Gives you Lemons….Thatchers Successful as Court of Appeal Finds Aldi Copycat Products Amount to Trade Mark Infringement in the UK
On 20 January 2025, the English Court of Appeal handed down its judgment in a highly anticipated appeal by Thatchers Cider ...
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What to Expect from The 119th Congress — A Conversation with Mark Washko
I discuss with my colleague, Mark Washko, Senior Government Affairs Advisor for B&C and The Acta Group, our consulting affiliate, the new 119th Congress and what might be key legislative actions our ...
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Navigating Change: What Updated USCIS Guidance on EB-2 National Interest Waiver Means for Petitioners
USCIS issued updated policy guidance on 1/15/25 on how it will evaluate candidates for EB-2 immigrant visas seeking a National Interest Waiver (NIW). USCIS will be more closely scrutinizing a ...
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President Trump Issues Sweeping Executive Orders Aimed at DEI
In his inaugural address on Mon0, 2025, President Trump declared, “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based.” In the days that followed, President Trump has proceeded to issue a ...
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New Administration Puts DEI Programs On Notice
President Trump’s first full day in office, he issued an Executive Order targeting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and ...