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Jan 17, 2025 | 
law.com | Stephen M. Kramarsky
The “clickwrap” license—a legal concept that did not exist 30 years ago—is now one of the foundations of digital commerce. Simply by clicking “I AGREE”, millions of people every day enter contracts governing their substantial legal rights (including rights to privacy, intellectual property, and judicial review) without knowing what those contracts say.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
law.com | Stephen M. Kramarsky
Say you’re a small technology company with a great idea for your clients, but you lack the in-house expertise to make it happen. There are a couple of ways you could try to move forward. You could hire technical staff, build out a new department with the required capabilities, and develop the entire solution internally.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
law.com | Stephen M. Kramarsky
The central purpose of American trademark law (specifically, the Lanham Act) is to guard against potential consumer confusion. Of course, trademark law provides benefits to mark owners as well: it can protect famous marks against dilution, encourage investment in brand identity, and prevent competitors from unfairly trading on the brand’s goodwill.
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May 21, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Brian Lee |Stephen M. Kramarsky |John Millson |Greg Andrews
New York Republican senators with legal backgrounds said on Tuesday that the Court of Appeals’ recent decision to overturn the rape conviction of disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein shows that Chief Judge Rowan Wilson was the wrong choice to lead the Empire State’s top court.
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May 20, 2024 | 
law.com | Stephen M. Kramarsky |John Millson
It is no secret that modern technology-enabled firms go to great lengths to protect their proprietary information. Nor is it a secret why. The “formula for Coke” is the quintessential trade secret, but these days a proprietary algorithm for targeted advertising or a “black box” trading strategy that provides an actual or perceived edge over the market can be far more valuable—and its secrecy more central to a company’s ultimate survival—than even that venerable recipe.
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Mar 18, 2024 | 
law.com | Stephen M. Kramarsky |John Millson
Do you accept cookies? Anyone who has been using the web for more than a few years has probably noticed the proliferation of “cookie consent” language on banners and pop-ups across almost all websites. This isn’t just a coincidence; it is a response to a change in European law.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
feeds.feedblitz.com | Stephen M. Kramarsky |Elkan Abramowitz |Jonathan Sack |Samuel John Butt
The Appellate Division, Second Department is launching a task force to explore the role artificial intelligence might play in the appellate and trial courts, Presiding Justice Hector LaSalle announced Thursday. The task force will be co-chaired by Appellate Division, Second Department Associate Justices Angela Iannacci and Deborah Dowling. Want to continue reading?
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
law.com | Stephen M. Kramarsky
Intellectual property law is, at its core, a balancing act. On one side is the need to protect new ideas and original works and thus incentivize creativity and innovation. On the other is the need for access to those works and ideas—not only for enjoyment, but because so much of what we consider new is built on what has gone before. The major intellectual property regimes under U.S. law strike this balance in very different ways.
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Nov 20, 2023 | 
law.com | Stephen M. Kramarsky
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