Protecting Brands from Trademark Infringement
Counterfeit consumer products were once limited mostly to luxury fashion and jewelry brands, but now companies are finding the threat reaching broadly across all product categories and levels of commerce — from upscale merchants to the local 99¢ store, and even the pharmacy shelves.
Current estimates are that 7-10% of global trade is derived from counterfeit [...]
New Developments and Legal Issues in Outsourcing
Increased pressure to reduce costs and improve profitability and operating efficiencies have led outsourcing to become a $50 billion industry. While growing at an annual rate of 29% until the the recent credit crisis, the industry has increasingly been under legal, economic, regulatory and policy scrutiny.
According to Richard Raysman, a Partner at Holland & Knight [...]





