Contract management has become increasingly complex.
Paper traffic from contract notices is overwhelming.
Fortune 500 companies and others are managing hundreds to thousands of contracts with multiple notice provisions, renewal dates, related litigation, and rigorous audit, tracking and compliance requirements.
Managing vendors and invoices is extremely time-consuming.
All these demands are costly in an economic climate with increasing budget …
In Meecorp Capital Markets, LLC v. Tex-Wave Industries, LP, 2006 WL 3813779 (S.D. Tex. 2006) one of the issues was the enforceability of a springing guaranty. Under the terms of the guaranty the guarantors had no liability if they cooperated with the foreclosing lender after default. But the guaranty became enforceable if the …
The court in In re Restructuring, Inc., 532 F.3d 355 (5th Cir. 2008) was asked to equitably subordinate certain “eleventh hour” loans by corporate insiders on the grounds of inequitable conduct. Finding no harm to the borrower or the unsecured creditors, the court refused to do so.
John and Jeffrey Wooley were officers and directors …
In a recent post, we talked about the Likelihood of Confusion associated with trademark infringement by identifying some of the contributing factors.
So now that you know what can make two separate trademarks confusingly similar, how do you identify who might be using a conflicting brand in the marketplace?
The first, and easiest way to do that …
When it is time for you to consider a name for your company, product, or design of your logo, you’ll want to consider closely how likely it is that it could be considered confusingly similar to other existing trademarks. In the United States, trademark protection is based on first use. So if you …