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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) underwent some significant changes at the end of 2016, and time is running out for companies to comply to take advantage of the DMCA safe harbor protections. When Congress enacted the DMCA in the Fall of 1998, it was trying to solve some of the issues that were arising with respect to the posting of other’s intellectual property on the internet.   The important “safe harbor” protections were designed to shield “service providers” from liability…

The shocking announcement on June 23, 2016, that Britain will exit the EU leaves wide open the real possibility that doing business with Britain will become much more complex and more uncertain. The EU’s laws that are systematized and implemented across the member jurisdictions yield many benefits. With Britain pulling out, there is much speculation about what will happen next. Will Britain continue to adopt the EU rules it has benefitted from as its own, or will it endeavor to…

It is very interesting how often C-level and key employees are asked to sign non-competition agreements that contain non-competition language by the companies that employ them.  It is equally interesting how often employees ask me, even as they are signing on the dotted line, “How enforceable are such restrictive covenants?” The short answer:  It depends. The employer who narrowly tailors a non-competition clause in terms of length of the restriction and geographic scope will have a much easier time enforcing…

Conflicts of interest are expected between a company and a member of the Board of Directors when you have Board members doing their jobs well.  Indeed, a person that brings opportunities to a company which he serves as a director may be the recipient of an income stream from such opportunity, as when, for example, a director is a significant shareholder of a company going into contract with the company on which he is on the Board.  In such a…

If you’re operating a growing company, you need to ask: What is your burn-rate? How long will the money you have last? When do I need to start raising additional capital? What happens if I don’t raise enough money before we run out of cash? Cash is critical to a growing company. R&D, marketing and scalability with employees or investors (or both) are often the biggest uses of cash, and it is more often than not that the minute you…

This Firm does both litigation and transactional work, and sometimes negotiation skills from deal-making can be used to settle litigation. Indeed, the Firm’s attorneys know that negotiation is an art, not a science. Litigation is often like high-stakes poker; sometimes the client holds a full-house, which is pretty hard to beat, while other times, the client is mostly bluffing, holding little evidence of a claim. The client’s strengths and weaknesses need to be assessed not only at the pleading stage,…

If you applied for registration of your trademark or service mark on an Intent-To-Use basis, you will eventually have to file a Statement of Use to show that you are using it in commerce. Ordinarily, you have to file that Statement of Use within six months of receiving the Notice of Allowance from the U.S Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO), but you have the opportunity, if you qualify, to apply for multiple extensions to allow you time to develop your…

If you think your .com is enough, think again. The new era of top-level domain name extensions is here. Long gone are the days when you could just get .net and .org to go along with your .com. Beyond the .us and .biz and other countries’ designations, there are now industry specific domain extensions that, when properly added to your internet arsenal, can keep competitors off the field. These new domain names are for many main stream industries – from…

Form contracts should be reviewed at least annually to determine if any “tweaking” is necessary because a lot can happen in a year. Sometimes developments in your business – changes in the way you do things – can necessitate contract changes. Sometimes changes in the industry itself or the law can necessitate contract changes. Unless you review your contracts annually, your contracts may simply be out of date. This Firm is often called upon to review contracts that have been…

The Campbell Firm PLLC is pleased to announce that it will offer up to 3 law students, who have completed their 2nd year of studies, the opportunity to intern for 9 weeks with The Campbell Firm PLLC from June 13 until August 12, 2011.  The Internship will allow each participating student the opportunity to do projects in one or more of the areas of corporate law, intellectual property law (excluding patent practice), commercial litigation and criminal law.  Each student who…