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2009 Articles

Intellectual Property JMBM Focus: Preserve and reserve your trademark on Facebook

We have been informed that beginning on Saturday, June 13, 2009, the social networking site Facebook, Inc. will begin allowing users to create personalized URLs for their Facebook pages that incorporate the user’s username, e.g., facebook.com/USERNAME. Facebook has created a form that owners of registered trademarks can use to "reserve" their trademarks on Facebook and […]

ADA Representation California Supreme Court Decision Could Lead to Increased ADA Litigation

On June 12, 2009, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Munson v. Del Taco, Inc. (S162818) that plaintiffs need not prove intentional discrimination to recover $4,000 minimum statutory damages per occurrence under California’s Unruh Civil Rights Act (the “Unruh Act”). This outcome is likely to lead to more lawsuits filed under the Americans with […]