(Intellectual Property Marketing Advisor) (IP finance) New book lifts lid on IP value creation 'From Assets to Profits: Competing for IP Value and Return' (IAM) Open letter to World Customs Organisation concerning increased enforcement of intellectual property (IP Justice) Panel: WTO cross-retaliation could bring compliance but political pressure high (Intellectual Property Watch) Push continues for TRIPS biodiversity amendment, geographical indications extension (Intellectual Property… [read post]

American Honda Motor Company, Inc. (2000) 529 U.S. 861, 868, 120 S.Ct. 1913, 146 L.Ed.2d 914) (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) “[A] reading of the express pre-emption provision that excludes common-law tort actions gives actual meaning to the saving clause's literal language, while leaving adequate room for state tort law to operate-for example, where federal law creates only a floor, i.e., a minimum safety standard. [read post]

"Well, here goes.Anybody who currently defends FDA-regulated manufacturers in product liability actions knows two things: (1) over the past few years, plaintiffs have "discovered" consumer fraud statutes - raising them from the "miscellaneous" status they'd previously held to something that's routinely pleaded and pursued; and (2) New Jersey has become a relative hotbed of consumer protection litigation because the New Jersey statute is one of the most liberal… [read post]

This post is by my colleagues Gail Lees, Andrew Tulumello, Chip Nierlich, Mark Whitburn and Chris Chorba. [read post]