NYLJ “Minding the Digital Storefront: SDNY Explores Trademark Protection in Internet Domain Name”
By Steve Kramarsky & Jack Millson The Internet presents a number of challenges to traditional trademark analysis and the related issues...
NYLJ “‘Agree’ To Disagree: SDNY Examines the Limits ofTerms of Service Agreements”
By Steve Kramarsky We’ve all done it: checked the box and confirmed that we are bound by a company’s “Terms of Service" without so much...
NYLJ “IP in the Twitter-Sphere”
EDNY Considers Whether Embedded Images Protected by Fair Use Doctrine By Steve Kramarsky In today’s environment, the line between “social...
NYLJ “Unusual Settlement Structure Leads to Approval of Fee Award Nearly Double the Payout
Public policy generally prohibits class action settlements in which the attorney fee awards dwarf the amount awarded to the class.
NYLJ “District Court Enforces Settlement Agreed to by Email Despite Absence of Formal Agreement
Parties typically expect that a settlement does not become enforceable until there is ink to paper on a formal written settlement...
NYLJ “Tech May Be Global, But Laws Are Still Local: Limits in International Arbitration
New technologies, generally speaking, do not respect old boundaries. That can create great opportunities, but it can also raise...
NYLJ “From Battlefields to Basketball Courts: Real World IP Issues Arise From Realistic Video Games
Recently two New York courts addressed intellectual property issues in conflict with video game realism and reached the same conclusion...
New York Law Journal “Pitfalls of an Executed Settlement Agreement and a Party With Second Thoughts”
In his NYLJ Settlement and Compromise column, Thomas E.L. Dewey discusses a recent EDNY case that provides an interesting example of a...
New York Law Journal “Procedural Chickens and Eggs: Obtaining Pre-Suit Disclosure To Identify Necess
For better or worse, anonymity has long been a fundamental feature of Internet communication, particularly in large-scale Internet...
New York Law Journal "Argentina’s 'Offer' To Settle Held Unenforceable for Lack of Coun
In his Settlement and Compromise column, Thomas E.L. Dewey discusses 'Attestor Value Master Fund v. Republic of Argentina'—a case that...