Tag Archives: connecticut
Connecticut Personal Data Privacy Law – What to Know
Connecticut passed a personal data privacy law this year. Here’s what businesses should know. The law includes industry-specific and data-specific requirements, so business-specific analysis is required. The law takes effect July 1, 2023, so there is time to prepare. The law applies only to businesses possessing data of 100,000 or more CT consumers (if the […]
Product Manuals and Copyright
Equipment manufacturers can gain a measure of control over distributors and repair shops by registering and enforcing copyrights in their product manuals. Notwithstanding their highly factual and utilitarian purpose, courts typically hold that manuals involve enough creativity to be copyrightable. Such creativity may be comprised of the wording of the text, the creative elements of […]
2013 Substantial Similarity Shipped
I sent the 2013 update of Substantial Similarity in Copyright Law to the publisher PLI earlier this week. This will be the tenth anniversary edition. We’ve included more illustrations of the works at issue in the cases discussed, a significant revision of the chapter on useful articles, and more. Look for it in on the […]
Why Brand Owners Don’t Donate Counterfeits to Charity
In reaction to recent stories of destruction of bridal gowns and other clothing that could have gone to the needy, people are asking why brand owners don’t donate seized counterfeit goods. Four reasons. First, U.S. trademark law provides for the destruction of counterfeit goods; it does not permit donation. Second, counterfeit goods are by their […]
Post-License Use of Trademark Is Counterfeiting
A former trademark licensee’s continued use of a trademark after termination of the license constitutes trademark counterfeiting. That is the holding in a recent District of Indiana default judgment case, Century 21 v. Destiny Real Estate. The court explained: If an unrelated entity had created an identical trademark and provided authorized goods or services (or […]
