On Thursday December 14th, Timothy McCormack will be speaking on Cloud Computing for Legal Professionals at the WSBA-CLE Harnessing the Power of the Internet for Your Practice seminar.
The seminar will be at the WSBA-CLE Conference Center at Century Square 1501 4th Ave., Suite 308 in Seattle.
The half-day seminar includes other programs. We have attached the flyer and registration form below. You can also read more about the...
A. Inevitable Disclosure Is Not The Law In Washington
The only Washington case to mention inevitable disclosure is an unpublished Washington Court of Appeals case, Solutec Corp. v. Agnew, 88 Wash. App. 1067, 1997 WL 794496 (Wash. App. 1997) (noting the lack of Washington law on inevitable disclosure) (unpublished){1}. Solutec has no precedential value; therefore, it is for this Court to decide whether inevitable disclosure...
Mere unauthorized use of a picture downloaded from the Internet (even from a “free site”) is enough to create liability for a business using the copyrighted work without permission. This is true, regardless of how the infringement came about. Typical copyrighted works that get businesses into trouble include images and text “acquired” from the Internet.
Copyright infringement can occur willfully or “accidentally,”...
Introduction
Intellectual property is the United States’ second largest export (second only to agriculture). We have come a long way since the manufacturing glory days of Henry Ford. In the twenty-first century we still make tangible products but it is the intangible trademarks, copyrights, patents, and trade secrets that help make the bottom line count. The following introduction to intellectual property provides a...
Every attorney with a business client has a client with a potential trademark issue. This article is intended to help unravel some of the myths and complexities of trademark law and practice. Both attorneys and business leaders should find this article helpful.
Defining Trademarks, Service Marks, And Other Marks
A “trademark” or “service mark” can be made up of any word, name, symbol, logo, color, sound, or product...
The vast majority of companies doing business on the Internet have a terms and conditions link somewhere on the Web site. A new legal decision calls into question whether these important contract terms are enforceable.
This recent Federal District Court decision addressing what appears to be a question of first impression for the Internet is significant for anyone using the Internet. The decision, Specht v. Netscape,...
