These five easy actions will provide critical protection for your most important software assets: Sign a written employment agreement with each employee, making clear that (a) your company – and not the employee — owns all code developed for the company; and (b) the employee may not use or share […]
The Sojitz case means assets can be seized to secure Israeli or other arbitration awards. In Sojitz Corp. v. Prithvi Info. Solutions Ltd., the Appellate Division, First Department of the New York State Supreme Court issued a groundbreaking ruling allowing the seizure of receivables in New York to secure a […]
New York State has recently enacted a sweeping new set of laws to prevent workplace sexual harassment, which require every employer to adopt a written sexual-harassment prevention policy. The law also imposes significant restrictions on the resolution of sexual harassment claims, makes certain provisions unlawful in settlement and non-disclosure agreements, […]
In a landmark copyright case, the United States Supreme Court has held that copyright infringement suits can only be brought after the U.S. Copyright Office actually issues a registration – not, as some U.S. federal circuit courts had held, as soon as the claimant applies for copyright protection. Fourth Estate […]
We are pleased to provide this critical analysis and review of the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “Federal Circuit Court”) in the landmark decision Oracle America, Inc. v. Google LLC, Case No. 2017-1118 and Case No. 2017-1202, in the United States Court […]