Study Group: Intellectual Property Experts: Lawyers (US)
Council Members in this Study Group: 144
This study group may include professors, attorneys, former regulatory officers, and consultants knowledgeable on topics such as law and litigation issues, lobbying, policy and government, elections, antitrust, immigration, intellectual property, and legislation, among others.
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Mary PriceMember
MILLER & MARTIN PLLC
Mary Neil Price is a Member at Miller & Martin in Nashville, Tennessee, where she is a member of their Business and Tax Department. Ms. Price practices business law with special emphasis on financial institutions, securities, mergers and acquisitions and both for profit and tax exempt organizations....
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Trademarks do more than signify source
December 10, 2008
Trademarks help protect against consumer confusion | www.reporternews.com
The article is a decent first cut at an important element in brand building. Brands incorporate trademarks but are not the same. Trademarks signify source (that's why they are adjectives not nouns) but brands incorporate the history of a company, its reputation, customer service, quality etc. ...
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Apologies and Alternative Dispute Resolution
June 26, 2008
Doctors Say ‘I’m Sorry’ Before ‘See You in Court’ | www.nytimes.com
In addition to the ethical and educational benefits, the cost savings resulting from straight talk with patients and their families that avoids litigation can be extraordinary. For health care institutions considering this approach -- as they should -- both the effectiveness and the savings may ...
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Voodoo Economics and Wishful Thinking
May 23, 2008
A plan to reduce the price of oil 60% | www.silobreaker.com
As H.L. Mencken once wrote, "There is always an easy solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong." Here, based upon a single, uncited study, the author argues that because a "1 percent change in the production of oil produces a 10 percent change in price," oil prices would...
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Restricting Information Instead of Allocating Costs
May 16, 2008
Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes | www.nytimes.com
The debate of uses of genetic information for insurance purposes unfortunately masks the underlying problem: namely, the failure or inability of Congress to address the failure of the US health care system to allocate risks and costs based on rational policy choices, rather than based upon the...
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Litigation and Accountability Under State, Rather the Federal, Securities Laws
May 15, 2008
Wave of Lawsuits Over Losses Could Hit a Wall | www.nytimes.com
In discounting prospects for "winning in court" in litigation arising from losses in the mortgage market, the NYT unfortunately ignores a growing, and perhaps ultimately the primary, form of non-class action private securities litigation--litigation under state securities laws, which generally...
Members in this Study Group include these company types:
- Law Firm (general practice/large)
- Law Firm (Boutique / Specialized)
- Law firm (small / solo)
- Individual Attorney
- Academic Institution*
Members in this Study Group often have these job titles:
- Partner
- Attorney
- General Counsel
- Principal