Publications

The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed a district court’s decision to allow a municipality to use general condemnation procedures to acquire gas facilities in an area that the municipality annexed. See SourceGas Distribution LLC v. City of Hastings, 287 Neb. 595 (2014). The Supreme Court’s decision affirmed a powerful exemption from […]

When purchasing real estate in Nebraska, purchasers should take notice of the Nebraska Supreme Court’s recent decision in Woodle v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company. In this case of first impression, the court held that implied easements do not actually exist until a court recognizes the existence of the same, […]

Monetization of a hospital’s intellectual property (IP) has long been thought to be the exclusive domain of academic or research hospitals. However, a growing number of other types of hospitals have recently begun to implement systems for procuring and exploiting their innovations in an effort to protect their property rights […]

Many people believe that you can patent an idea. However, this is not necessarily true. An idea is just a first step in the process of getting to something that can potentially be protected by a patent, that something being an invention. For example, someone has an idea when they […]

Battle of the Breweries Headed to Court Anchor Brewing Co., LLC v. Mountain Shippers, LLC, Case 3:14-CV-00097-vlb (D. CONN). On January 27, 2014, Anchor Brewing Company filed a lawsuit against Mountain Shippers and City Steam Brewery. Anchor Brewing Company manufactures, markets, and sells craft beer under the trademark “Anchor Steam” […]