...general rule, if a lawyer or other legal professional does not enjoy privilege in their home jurisdicution, they usually cannot claim it in another. Usually a lawyer needs to hold a current license or practicing certificate to enjoy privilege. ...
...a music downloader (UMG Recordings v. MP3.com), damages of $25,000 per CD uploaded onto the system were awarded with the number of uploaded CDs being between 4,700 and 10,000 placing the total damages at an amount between $118 million and...
...period, which cumulatively gives rise to the hockey stick effect. Second, used to describe the tendency of sales of certain products to rise rapidly with seasonal demand (e.g., Bar-B-Q’s, Christmas ornaments.) Third, a discredited term used during the dot-com era...
....biz, .cat, .com, .coop, .info, .jobs, .mobi, .museum, .name, .net, .org, .post, .pro, .tel and .travel top-level domains, and some country code top-level domains. The full list of the processes for the top level domains can be accessed here. A...
...consist of compulsory licensing at a fee set by the copyright office or another agency, with fees and royalties held in trust for the putative owners. Resolving the issue where ownership is disputed presents a yet more complex problem. The...
A patent that purports to create exclusive rights to a business model. Such patents are highly controversial and in principle only presently really available in the United States under the Federal Circuit court precedent State Street Bank & Trust Co....
This has two meanings: (1) American Depositary Receipts (also American DepositOry (DepositAry) Rights), mechanism for trading shares in non-U.S. companies on U.S. exchanges. Shares in the foreign company are placed in trust with a U.S. bank (the depository/depositary), which issues...
...that were formed in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th century, for example the Standard Oil Trust which controlled most of the oil industry. Violations of the U.S. antitrust law can be treated as a criminal...
15 U.S.C. §1 et seq., enacted in 1890, was the first U.S. Federal antitrust law. The act declares illegal every contract, combination (in the form of trust or otherwise), or conspiracy in restraint of interstate and foreign trade. It has...
...judge or agency—if it is poor, successful appeals will often arise; further, the more often a judge or agency is reversed, the less trust, deference and respect it will attract in practical terms from the appellate court. To put it...
