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WIPO Arbitrations Over Domain Name Disputes Reach Record High
May 20, 2013
Since 2000, the World intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has provided arbitration services for alleged cybersquatting disputes. Cybersquatting is the abusive registering and trafficking in internet domain names to drive up profits using the goodwill created by another company or entity. WIPO reportedly began empowering arbitrators from its Arbitration and Mediation Center to award domain names to others in situations where an entity acquired or registered the website abusively. The...
May 20, 2013
Since 2000, the World intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has provided arbitration services for alleged cybersquatting disputes. Cybersquatting is the abusive registering and trafficking in internet domain names to drive up profits using the goodwill created by another company or entity. WIPO reportedly began empowering arbitrators from its Arbitration and Mediation Center to award domain names to others in situations where an entity acquired or registered the website abusively. The...
Texas Business Torts Update
May 20, 2013
This survey examines significant business torts decisions by Texas courts for the period from March 2012 through February 2013. “Business torts” obviously covers a broad spectrum, and in narrowing the survey, we included cases that either decided new issues or examined issues of particular interest to business litigators. During the survey period, Texas courts addressed: (1) the meaning of restoration under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices – Consumer Protection Act (“DTPA”); (2) the circumstances...
May 20, 2013
This survey examines significant business torts decisions by Texas courts for the period from March 2012 through February 2013. “Business torts” obviously covers a broad spectrum, and in narrowing the survey, we included cases that either decided new issues or examined issues of particular interest to business litigators. During the survey period, Texas courts addressed: (1) the meaning of restoration under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices – Consumer Protection Act (“DTPA”); (2) the circumstances...
The Kinkade Case, Or How Not to Conduct an Arbitration
May 20, 2013
While all arbitrators aim for the highest level of quality control, errors occur. Sometimes these errors are pretty egregious, which is why we always recommend using a trusted and well-respected ADR provider and arbitrator. In a recent case coming out of Michigan, the Thomas Kinkade art company alleged that one of its dealers failed to pay for art it received. The dealer counterclaimed that Kinkade had fraudulently induced it to enter the dealership agreement. The matter went to arbitration...
May 20, 2013
While all arbitrators aim for the highest level of quality control, errors occur. Sometimes these errors are pretty egregious, which is why we always recommend using a trusted and well-respected ADR provider and arbitrator. In a recent case coming out of Michigan, the Thomas Kinkade art company alleged that one of its dealers failed to pay for art it received. The dealer counterclaimed that Kinkade had fraudulently induced it to enter the dealership agreement. The matter went to arbitration...
Skit!’s App Lets You Create Animated Stories
May 19, 2013
Skit!, based in Boston, has created an app that lets anyone take photos and drawings and create an animated story to share...
May 19, 2013
Skit!, based in Boston, has created an app that lets anyone take photos and drawings and create an animated story to share...
Cloud Options Creates a Commodities Exchange for Cloud Computing Services
May 19, 2013
Cloud Options of London is one of two international teams participating in this year’s TechStars Cloud accelerator program. Sarah...
May 19, 2013
Cloud Options of London is one of two international teams participating in this year’s TechStars Cloud accelerator program. Sarah...
A Slice of Silicon Hills News Features BudgetDoc
May 19, 2013
Do you want a doctor? Do you want to bypass the hassle of insurance claims and pay cash up front? Then BudgetDoc wants...
May 19, 2013
Do you want a doctor? Do you want to bypass the hassle of insurance claims and pay cash up front? Then BudgetDoc wants...
Kauffman Foundation: The Two Types of Entrepreneurs
May 19, 2013
Bob Metcalfe, professor of innovation at the University of Texas at Austin, is known to say “the world’s problems will...
May 19, 2013
Bob Metcalfe, professor of innovation at the University of Texas at Austin, is known to say “the world’s problems will...
Threat Stack Created a Security Platform for Businesses
May 18, 2013
Threat Stack is an online security system for businesses that provides a firewall to prevent hackers from breaking in. The...
May 18, 2013
Threat Stack is an online security system for businesses that provides a firewall to prevent hackers from breaking in. The...
Arbitral Power to Rewrite the Contract: Has the Fifth Circuit Overextended Judicial Deference?
May 18, 2013
Does an arbitrator exceed her powers when, as a remedy for fraud in the inducement of a limited-duration intellectual property license, she modifies the contract “as a matter of law” to provide the licensor with a perpetual royalty-free license? The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a Texas district court’s vacatur order, held that the arbitrator’s award should stand. (Timegate Studios, Inc. v. Southpeak Interactive, L.L.C., 2013 WL 1437710 (5th Cir. April 9, 2013)). Even...
May 18, 2013
Does an arbitrator exceed her powers when, as a remedy for fraud in the inducement of a limited-duration intellectual property license, she modifies the contract “as a matter of law” to provide the licensor with a perpetual royalty-free license? The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a Texas district court’s vacatur order, held that the arbitrator’s award should stand. (Timegate Studios, Inc. v. Southpeak Interactive, L.L.C., 2013 WL 1437710 (5th Cir. April 9, 2013)). Even...
ParLevel Systems Makes Vending Machines Smarter
May 18, 2013
ParLevel Systems, founded by Walter Teele and Luis Pablo Gonzalez, created a monitoring system for vending machines. San Antonio-based ParLevel installs wireless meters inside vending machines so that operators can generate real-time data on the machine’s inventory. ParLevel Systems gives vending machine operators more information about their customers and products. ParLevel pitched before several hundred people at the Empire Theatre in downtown San Antonio Thursday during TechStars Cloud...
May 18, 2013
ParLevel Systems, founded by Walter Teele and Luis Pablo Gonzalez, created a monitoring system for vending machines. San Antonio-based ParLevel installs wireless meters inside vending machines so that operators can generate real-time data on the machine’s inventory. ParLevel Systems gives vending machine operators more information about their customers and products. ParLevel pitched before several hundred people at the Empire Theatre in downtown San Antonio Thursday during TechStars Cloud...
