Despite the fact that the word “contribute” or “contributory” appears nowhere in the Lanham Act (Trademark Act), as codified in Title 15 of the United States Code, U.S. District Judge Harold Baer, Jr. recently held in a twenty-four page decision, Gucci America, Inc. v. Frontline Processing Corp. et al., 09 Civ. 6925 (HB), 2010 WL […]
Adobe eSignatures “beta” – Part 2 of 2
In Part 1 of our Adobe eSignatures review, available here, we sketched the background against which Adobe has placed its eSignatures product in the digital/electronic signature landscape. However, as currently structured, eSignatures’ beta remains very much a work in progress that will ultimately have only limited appeal unless Adobe makes significant changes to its operation, […]
Adobe eSignatures “beta” – Part 1 of 2
Like the annual return of the swallows to San Juan Capistrano, the topic of digital and other electronic forms of signatures mysteriously recurs like clockwork each year. Adobe, the makers of popular graphics and other software, including the common PDF-based family of Acrobat products, recently flew in with its own entry to the field: eSignatures […]
NYSBA Releases E-Discovery Best Practices Guidelines
The New York State Bar Association has issued a free guide to help attorneys and others understand and work through both New York state and federal courts’ electronic discovery requirements. In the works for much of 2011, the recently approved 47-page guide, entitled Best Practices In E-Discovery in New York State and Federal Courts, is […]
