The Ever-Changing Bankruptcy Landscape for Trademark Licenses

In our Intellectual Property Law Update of December 2016 we advised you of the recent decision of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit Court of Appeals (the “BAP”) in Mission Products Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology (In re Tempnology, LLC) upholding the rights of a licensee of trademarks to continue use of trademarks after the debtor’s rejection of the trademark license. As set forth below, the First Circuit recently reversed that decision.  

Filed under:
USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Trademarks, FisherBroyles LLP, United States bankruptcy court, Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, First Circuit
Authors:
Kimberly Dempsey Booher , Hollace Topol Cohen , Edward R. Ergenzinger , Andrea Mealey , Martin B. Robins
Location:
USA
Firm:
FisherBroyles LLP
Privacy Shield Certification—It’s Not “One and Done”

Certified to the Privacy Shield? Great! So you’re done in terms of GDPR compliance, right? Think again.

As we have discussed in previous newsletters, no matter where you are in the world, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies to you if you are collecting or processing personal data of any EU individual. The law goes into effect in May.

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, Trademarks, FisherBroyles LLP, Information privacy, GDPR, EU-US Privacy Shield
Authors:
Kimberly Dempsey Booher , Hollace Topol Cohen , Edward R. Ergenzinger , Andrea Mealey , Martin B. Robins
Location:
USA
Firm:
FisherBroyles LLP
IP Licensing: No Matter What Type of IP, Parties Need to Consider Impact of Bankruptcy Code

Key Tool for Non-Bankrupt Licensees 

Filed under:
USA, New Jersey, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Trademarks, FisherBroyles LLP
Authors:
Martin B. Robins , Kipman Werking , Hollace Topol Cohen , Andrea Mealey
Location:
USA
Firm:
FisherBroyles LLP