Monday, November 19, 2007
Fakes and Counterfeits
Check out stopfakes.gov, a useful government web site focused on protecting intellectual property . Practical and business-oriented, it provides webinars, an IP Quarterly Update, a link to the Top 10 Ways to Protect Yourself, and country-specific toolkits containing how-to’s on protecting intellectual property rights in Brazil, China, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Russia and Taiwan. The site also links to an FDA site containing resources about counterfeit drugs.
Source: Internet Legal Research Weekly
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Source: Internet Legal Research Weekly
Labels: intellectual property, international law
New Protections Against Identity Theft
Also worth checking out-- the Final Rules relating to Identity Theft Red Flags, recently published in the Federal Register. Requiring financial instututions and creditors to set up identity theft protection programs, the rules were adopted under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTA). And don’t miss IDTheft.gov—a one stop resource for government information about identity theft.
Source: Banking Law Prof Blog
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Source: Banking Law Prof Blog
Labels: banking law, identity theft
Thursday, November 08, 2007
House votes to prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation
The U.S. House of Representatives just voted to pass H.R. 3685, a bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The bill now goes to the Senate for a vote.
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Labels: congress, employment law
