H. Res. 554 is a bill sponsored by one Republican and one Democrat and would require that all non-emergency proposed federal legislation be posted 72 hours on the Internet, prior to any Congressional debate. As I have been saying to clients for years, don’t sign contracts without reading them — and it certainly makes sense [...]

It’s National Punctuation Day — make sure you properly use as many commas, quotation marks, semicolons and exclamation marks as you can.  (There is some controversy as to whether that double-dash counts.  It’s the “black sheep” of punctuation.  I think it’s more readable.)

The Copyright Office has proposed changes to the mandatory deposit requirements for copyright registration for online-only works — a huge category which encompasses websites, blogs, online journals and publications, and online photo archives.   While they vary for each category of copyrightable work, the mandatory deposit rules (37 CFR 202) typically require a copyright owner to [...]

A recent survey showed that 60% of workers leaving a job take information with them.  According to an article on employee data theft in the Washington Post, almost 80% of terminated employees who admitted to taking employer data admitted that they knew it was against company policy, or had signed a written agreement prohibiting the [...]

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced that Certificates of Registration for federally-registered trademarks and service marks will change to a new format beginning this month.  The new certificate will be printed on stock white paper in either black and white or color, as appropriate.  The certificate will still carry the gold foil seal [...]