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Important Highlights of 2018 and Our Assistance for a Better 2019: RPJ’s Workplace Training Programs

[spb_image image="6479" image_size="medium" frame="noframe" caption_pos="hover" remove_rounded="yes" fullwidth="no" overflow_mode="none" link_target="_self" lightbox="no" intro_animation="none" animation_delay="200" width="1/3" el_position="first"][/spb_image] [spb_text_block animation="none" animation_delay="0" simplified_controls="yes" custom_css_percentage="no" padding_vertical="0" padding_horizontal="0" margin_vertical="0" custom_css="margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;" border_size="0" border_styling_global="default" width="2/3" el_position="last"] As 2018 recedes into history, we reflect on a new era of sweeping change in how we perceive, discuss, address, and hopefully prevent claims...

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December 2018 New York Entertainment and Media Legal Highlights Concerning Reposting Instagram Photographs, Reselling of MP3s, and Defamation Claims Based on Movie Characters  

As summarized below, in December 2018 the New York Federal courts handed down three significant opinions relevant to entertainment and media professionals. Court Finds Hearst Engaged in Copyright Infringement by Reposting a Photograph Taken from Instagram The District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled that Hearst Communications...

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PTO’s Newly-Minted Money Grab: Why do I have to pay the PTO’s fees when its examiner blew it?

Trademark and patent applicants and practitioners have grown used to (and weary of) ever-increasing Patent and Trademark Office [PTO] fees, particularly since Congress mandated that the PTO’s operations be self-funded.  But, even the most cynical PTO practitioner might be surprised at the ingenuity of the PTO Director’s latest revenue generating...

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RPJ Client Margaret Hyde Featured at Art Basel Miami

Through this weekend you can see RPJ client Margaret Hyde's photography displayed at Art Basel Miami from December 5 - 9. Hyde's work, to be shown at SCOPE Miami Beach and CONTEXT Art Miami, investigates the interaction between the elements of nature. In her words, she creates "sculptures and lets...

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