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  • Business Law Blog

    • Joint Venture Exit Provisions

      Two or more parties often form a joint venture to undertake a business opportunity together.  The joint venture partners typically form a new entity and contribute assets and/or services to the joint venture.  They then share the revenues and expense…

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  • Litigation Law Blog

    • On Second Thought…Maybe Not: Even Federal Judges Second Guess Themselves

         It ain’t over ‘til the fat lady sings…or a federal court withdraws its controversial opinion.  Although infrequently, courts do withdraw their opinions and several federal court opinions of interest have been withdrawn since being issued this year.  No doubt these opinions addressed hot topics, leading to controversy over the courts’ initial opinions and prompting [...]

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  • IP Law Blog

    • Dilution & the Trademark Trial & Appeal Board (TTAB)

      The TTAB recently handed down its precedential decision in Nike, Inc. v. Peter Maher and Patricia Hoyt Maher, 100 USPQ2d 1018 (2011).  In this decision, the Mahers filed an application to register the mark JUST JESU IT in connection with items of clot…

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