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How a Missed $185 Patent Fee Could Cost Norvo Nordisk Billions: Why You Cannot Afford to Ignore Patent Maintenance

Brett Trout

Because someone at Novo didn’t pay a $185 maintenance invoice in 2019. Whether you are a solo inventor or the head of a billion-dollar enterprise, your intellectual property is only as strong as your ability to protect it. Yet, in Canada—its second-largest market for the drug—the company will soon lose its exclusive rights.

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2019 California Lawyers Association Annual Meeting

Legal Talk Network

Set against the gorgeous coastline of Monterey, California at the beautiful Portola Hotel & Spa, the 2019 California Lawyers Association (CLA) Annual Meeting had a small town feel of something much bigger. — Laurence Colletti (@LaurenceEsq) October 10, 2019. CLA 2019 Annual Meeting: Updates from CLA Leadership.

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Thomson Reuters Launches AI-Powered Contract Analysis Tool in HighQ

LawSites

Integrated with HighQ, the collaboration and workflow platform Thomson Reuters acquired in 2019, HighQ Contract Analysis is designed for attorneys to use in transactional due diligence, compliance review and contract investigations.

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Navigating Space Law and Regulations

Legal Talk Network

A unique case emerged in 2019 when NASA Astronaut Anne McClain was accused of illegally accessing her wife’s bank account during her stay on the International Space Station. The claims eventually turned out to be false, but the situation brought up variety of legal issues and questions about how to litigate a crime committed in space.

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EU Rules Restricting the International Transfers of Non-Personal Data

Inside Privacy

This regulation is directly applicable in all EU Member States since May 28, 2019. First, they are intended to protect EU intellectual property, confidential information and trade secrets. The restrictions on transfers of non-personal data appear to serve two main purposes. X (Recent Council versions remove this obligation.)

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Berkeley Technology Law Journal Podcast: Regulating IP in the Metaverse with Professor Molly Van Houweling

Berkley Technology Law Journal

Her recent scholarly work includes “The New Private Law and Intellectual Property,” forthcoming in the Oxford Handbook of the New Private Law (2020); and “Intellectual Property as Property,” in the Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law (2019).

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Everything You Need to Know About Law Firm Revenue

Clio

According to the 2020 Martindale-Avvo Attorney Compensation Report , the average 2019 compensation for providing billable legal services for a solo law firm was $150,000 per year. That’s followed closely by bankruptcy law at $343 per hour and intellectual property law at $342 per hour. Accept credit cards and online payments.