Crossing the Rubicon: When Does IP Owner Become IP Abuser?

Article by Benjamin Bai and Jill (Yijun), “Crossing the Rubicon: When Does IP Owner Become IP Abuser?” . Benjamin will be speaking at ACI’s 2nd Advanced Conference on China Antitrust, September 20-21, 2016, Marriott Shanghai City Centre, Shanghai China. Consider this hypothetical: a company discovered a new compound and obtained a patent on the compound. Later,…

Corruption, Regime Change & Risk

Expert Guest Entry by Richard Bistrong, Originally Published on http://www.richardbistrong.com   Recently, I have been reading and blogging on a number of different papers, guides and articles that deal with the challenges of foreign bribery and third party intermediaries. While each work has been interesting, compelling and relevant, there are some common elements that warrant further…

The Perils of Not Showing Up: Default Judgment Entered Against Two Former Siemens Executives for Record US$1.46 Million in Combined Civil FCPA Penalties

Expert Guest Entry by Kathleen Hamann and Ryan Brady, Originally published on WhiteCase.com/Alert  On February 3, 2014, Judge Shira A. Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for the  Southern District of New York issued a default judgment in U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission v. Sharef, et al. against two former Siemens AG executives, Ulrich Bock and  Stephan…

EEOC Meeting On National Origin Discrimination: Further Suits On The Way?

Expert Guest Entry by Richard B. Cohen, Originally Published on Fox Rothschild’s  Employment Discrimination Blog The EEOC conducted a public meeting yesterday on national origin employment discrimination.  Noting the diversity in the US workplace (including language diversity), and the increase of immigrants in the workforce, the panelists discussed “various recruitment and hiring issues; discriminatory treatment in assignments;…

ACI's 17th Annual Software Agreements – Cloud, SaaS, Open Source & Licensing Forum

Negotiating and drafting sophisticated agreements that achieve business and technical goals When: Monday, November 04 to Tuesday, November 05, 2013 Where: Hotel Nikko, San Francisco, CA To learn more & register: Click Here Industry Related Article     Importing Software and Copyright Law by Lothar Determann  Dr. Determann will be a Co- Chair at ACI’s Software Agreements Forum On…