We are used to decisions about non-traditional trade marks not deserving protection in the European Union, leading to the inevitable conclusion that non-traditional trade marks can be difficult to register and keep on the register.
The recent McCain decision of the EU General Court seems to go in the opposite direction, providing some guidance on which proof of use will be sufficient for a non-traditional trade mark to stay on the EU register (see here).backgroundsMcCain GmbH applied to register the below smiley potato chip shape (known as the Smiles) for “pre-fried potato croquettes and mashed potato products, deep-frozen” in…
Packers Sanitation Services Inc. employed minors to use caustic chemicals to clean razor-sharp saws, other high-risk equipment at 13 meat processing facilities in 8 statesKIELER, WI – One of the nation’s largest food safety sanitation services providers has paid $1.5 million in civil money penalties after the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the company employed at least 102 children – from 13 to 17 years of age – in hazardous occupations and had them working overnight shifts at 13 meat processing facilities in eight states.
The employer’s payment of civil money penalties is the result…
February 16, 2023
Mitochondrial replacement therapy, an in vitro fertilization process that can prevent mitochondrial diseases, is a complex and much debated technology that is currently prohibited in the US
Diana Bowman examines this topic in her new book “Reproduction Reborn: How Science, Ethics, and Law Shape Mitochondrial Replacement Therapies.” In it, she brings together experts in medicine, genetics, ethics, law and policy to explore the challenges of mitochondrial replacement therapy, or MRT, and the role countries have in governing reproduction.
Bowman is a professor in Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, associate dean of applied research…
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hagens Berman urges Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM) investors who suffered $500k or more in losses to submit your losses now.
Class Period: Aug. 5, 2022 – Nov. 3, 2022Lead Plaintiff Deadline: Apr. 4, 2023Visits: www.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/TEAM Contact An Attorney Now: [email protected] 844-916-0895
Atlassian Corporation (NASDAQ: TEAM) Securities Fraud Class Action:
The litigation focuses on Defendants’ past assurances that Atlassian was vigilantly watching all stages of the funnels in which it operates, that “[t]he good news […] is that we have yet to see any specific trend geographically or even in industry segments or…
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Jakubowitz Law announced that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Gaotu Techedu Inc. F/K/A Gsx Techedu Inc. (NYSE: GOTU).
To receive updates on the lawsuit, fill out the form:https://claimyourloss.com/securities/gaotu-techedu-inc-fka-gsx-techedu-inc-loss-submission-form/?id=36774&from=4
This lawsuit is on behalf of persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired publicly traded Gaotu American depository shares between March 5, 2021 and July 23, 2021inclusive.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until February 28, 2023 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any…
Andrew Green finds reasons for hope when it comes to addressing climate change.
In his recent book Picking Up the Slack: Law, Institutions, and Canadian Climate PolicyGreen, a professor in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, explores how the law and legal institutions are shaping our current response to climate change.
The book delves into the complexity of the issue in the Canadian context. For example, Green examines the difficulties caused by the discretion embedded in our environmental laws by the diffusion of responsibility for climate law and policy, as well as the deference of courts and the public…
Todd and Julie Chrisley’s lawyer is speaking out after his clients began their prison sentences on Tuesday.Alex Little of Burr & Forman LLP — the attorney for Todd, 53, and Julie, 50 — opened up about the alleged missteps by federal prosecutors that may help the Chrisley Knows Best stars in appealing to their convictions.“The very beginning of this case there was an unconstitutional search by the Georgia Department of Revenue,” Little claimed in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “This court’s already found that was unconstitutional and it should’ve stopped the whole case in its tracks. That didn’t…
This post originally appeared in Municipal Minute by Julie Tappendorf, Esq. of Ancel Glink and is reposted with permission.
We have written a number of posts on Municipal Minute discussing the US Supreme Court’s rulings in cases challenging municipal sign codes under the First Amendment. In 2015, we reported on the Court’s decision in Reed v. Gilbert that struck down the Town of Gilbert, Arizona’s temporary sign regulations. The Reed case had afterward been applied by a number of courts across the country in challenges to municipal sign regulations where sign companies and others made an argument that the challenged…