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Labor and Employment Alert: Controversial Union Rights Notice Now Available From Labor Board — Employers Should Not Rush To Post As of November 14, 2011, most private sector employers are required, by a controversial new National Labor Relations Board rule, to post a notice advising employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. […]
Draft License and Settlement Agreements Carefully: Covenant Not to Sue Can Bar Future Litigation on Continuation Patents Patent and Technology trial lawyer Stan Gibson discusses the importance of precise language in a covenant not to sue. Covenants not to sue are frequently included in license and settlement agreements. The impact of a covenant not to […]
Labor and Employment Alert: New Law Requires Employers to Post Employee Rights Notice by November 14, 2011 NLRB Publishes Final Rule for Notification of Employee Rights September 1, 2011 — The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) published in the Federal Register this week a Final Rule requiring most private-sector employers — even if not unionized […]
Avoiding Means-Plus-Function in the Up and Down World of Elevators Patent and Technology trial lawyer Stan Gibson discusses how means-plus-function limitations can put patent holders at a disadvantage. Mean-plus-function limitations in patent claims require special construction and can result in narrow patent claims that may not be beneficial to patent owners. As a result, many […]
Labor & Employment Client Alert California Supreme Court Rules Daily Overtime Laws Apply To Out-Of-State Residents Performing Work In California By Travis Gemoets On Thursday, June 30, 2011, the California Supreme Court ruled that the state’s generous overtime laws – including payment of wages at time-and-a-half for hours worked over eight in a day and […]
Supreme Court Re-Affirms That Inventors Own Their Inventions Patent and Technology trial lawyer Stan Gibson discusses last week’s Supreme Court decision, and explains why patent holders should review assignment agreements for language that may prove ineffective in court. Last week, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche […]
JMBM Development Rights Newsletter / Spring 2011 In the Spring 2011 edition of the JMBM Development Rights Newsletter, you will find the following articles: Eldercare Crisis Looming Ben Reznik discusses the need for eldercare facilities in residential areas, and whether cities and neighborhoods will include them. “In the past few years we have seen several […]
Are Methods For Medical Treatments Patentable? Yes—as As Long As They Are Transformative Patent and Technology trial lawyer Stan Gibson discusses the validity of patents covering methods for medical treatment. After the United States Supreme Court’s decision in the Bilski v. Kappos case, it became unclear whether patents purporting to protect methods for medical treatment […]
JMBM Tax Newsletter / Spring 2011 In the Spring 2011 edition of the JMBM Tax Newsletter, you will find the following articles: The Top 10 Reasons 21st-Century Couples Should Consider a Prenuptial Agreement Burton Mitchell and Elaine Leichter discuss the top ten reasons that couples should consider a prenuptial agreement, including protecting inherited wealth, family […]
Patent Reform: Differences Between the Senate and House Bills and What Patent Reform Means to Inventors Patent and Technology trial lawyer Stan Gibson discusses what a final patent reform bill may look like. Under discussion for years with many different proposals that never made it through committee hearings, patent reform now appears more likely than […]
