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VIP Products v. Jack Daniel’s: Ninth Circuit requires mark-specific proof of fame
Few squeaky toys have generated as much noise as Bad Spaniels. VIP Products LLC (VIP) v. Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. (JDPI) began as a dispute over a dog-poop themed parody of a Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey bottle. More than a decade of litigation...
As AI Trademarks Face Hurdles, U.S. Trademark Office Embraces It
IPNews® – The USPTO made its first move into incorporating AI with trademark applications.Similar to a reverse image search on Google, users can upload logos to the USPTO website and have some features automated. The move comes with a backdrop of a...
NetDocuments For Plaintiffs’ Lawyers: It’s Pretty Cool
I’ve tracked what the well-known document management provider, NetDocuments, is doing ever since the firm I used to be with was with was an early adopter. And I’ve always liked their “we’re not a rock band” attitude: producing apps and...
Fauci Contempt Vote Underscores Renewed Stakes of Congressional Testimony
On August 6, 2026, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee voted along party lines to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress. The vote followed Dr. Fauci’s refusal to answer questions during a July 29, 2026, hearing...
Texas Business Court Clarifies Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Corporate Officers, Managers
On July 21, 2026, in CWK Management, Inc. v. Deno Maggi, et al., Judge Bill Whitehill of the Texas Business Court’s First Division addressed the question of when Texas courts can exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident corporate manager based on that...
What Nobody Tells You About Law School
Shaun Ossei-Owusu didn’t go to law school to become a lawyer. After a PhD in African American Studies at Berkeley and a fellowship at the American Bar Foundation, he wanted the technical language of law so he could translate what he’d already been...
Law Firm Website Conversions In The Age Of AI Chatbots
Law firm website conversions are essential to the success of your digital marketing strategy. While occasionally you may get phone calls directly to your law office from the Google Business pages that appear in local search results, many of the people who find you...
Biglaw Is Officially Running Out Of Summer To Announce Associate Raises
It’s August. Milbank kicked off the 2026 associate salary wars on June 2. Fewer than a handful of firms almost immediately matched the new salary scale. And then… nothing. In late July, Milbank doubled down with special bonuses. This time, the silence was...
Trump Issues New Birthright Citizenship Orders In Direct Defiance Of Supreme Court
After the Supreme Court ruled in Trump v. Barbara that the Fourteenth Amendment’s birthright citizenship clause means exactly what it says, and exactly what every court has agreed it says for over a century, Donald Trump threw a temper tantrum pledging that he...