It looks like Barcelona and Adidas have reached a deal to keep the Football Club’s stripes off the USPTO register and Adidas’s options open for future enforcement. On February 7, 2017, Adidas AG, its affiliates, and Futbol Club Barcelona, filed a Mutually Consented Motion to Withdraw Application And Dismiss Opposition Without Prejudice. Next up is a response from the TTAB. Developing… [read more]

Have you heard about New York State’s Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security (“SHIELD”) Act? Starting March 21, 2020, you should be aware of the updated rules and their obligations for businesses’ management and disposition of users’ private information: The SHIELD Act does not mandate specific safeguards but instead provides that a business will be deemed to be in compliance with the reasonableness standard set out in the Act if it implements a “data security program” that includes all of the elements enumerated in the SHIELD Act. At base you will need “reasonable” administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to… [read more]