The U.S. Copyright Office (“Office”) has adopted an amendment to regulation 37 CFR § 201 to modernize their system for registering designated copyright agents for notifications of claimed copyright infringement. As of December 1, 2016, the Office will no longer accept paper registrations, and electronic registrations will last three years. […]
Technology & Intellectual Property Update
Anthony Todero, Brian Schumacher, and Krista Eckhoff Author the Nebraska Chapter of the ABA’s Commercial Lending Law Publication
The American Bar Association is publishing a second edition of the popular treatise, Commercial Lending Law: A Jurisdiction-by-Jurisdiction Guide to U.S. and Canadian Law. The new two-volume set provides comprehensive coverage of the laws relevant to commercial lenders, such as banks and insurance companies. Baird Holm LLP’s Anthony D. Todero, […]
EU, U.S. Announce New Data Sharing Framework
In a press release issued on February 2, 2016, the European Commission announced that it had reached an agreement with the U.S. on a new framework for transatlantic data sharing. According to the press release, the new agreement intends to protect the privacy rights of Europeans who have their data […]
Updates in Trademark Law
2015: The Boom of New Generic Top-Level Domains In 2015, domain name real estate exploded, with several hundred new top-level generic domain names (gTLDs) approved and introduced by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the agency that coordinates and maintains the worldwide web. New domain names were […]
Innovation Act Hindered in House
Innovation is a key driver for growth across all segments of the economy, from start-up business to large multi-billion dollar companies. Striking the proper balance between fostering and protecting innovation versus stifling it with too much, or too little regulation, is a difficult task. In recent years, there has been […]

