Intellectual Property litigation partner Larry Brocchini will be one of several attorneys representing Fossil, Inc. and Macy’s, Inc. in a matter to be briefed and argued before the United States Supreme Court when the Court reconvenes in the fall of 2019. The issue before the Supreme Court is the interpretation...
Just prior to adjourning for its summer recess, the United States Supreme Court ruled that First Amendment free speech considerations required the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) to register the trademark “FUCT.” The “FUCT” case is the second in three years contesting federal trademark registration content restrictions. In...
By Jill Kahn Marshall In a continuation of the 2018 push for new and stronger laws addressing harassment in the workplace in the wake of the #MeToo movement, the New York State Legislature was at it again last month, expanding many of the newly strengthened provisions addressing sexual harassment to...
RPJ congratulates our firm's clients Alex Honnold and ITV on their 2019 Emmy nominations. Alex Honnold is the focus of the documentary Free Solo, which follows his 2017 free solo ascent of the Freerider climbing route on the El Capitan granite face in Yosemite National Park. Free Solo won the Academy Award...
The U.S. Department of Education, on November 16, 2018, published proposed Title IX regulations intended to address one of the most fraught areas of campus life and politics: institutional procedures for investigating and resolving complaints of sexual harassment and sexual assault in educational institutions funded by the federal government. The...
The article published by PopSugar on June 20, 2019, called “Here’s How Producers Get a Drama-Filled Bachelorette Season Out of Contestants” exposes behind-the-scenes realities of reality TV and specifically, The Bachelorette. In reference to the contracts that contestants routinely sign in order to appear on the dating show, the article...
Friday, June 8 was World Oceans Day, and this year the top modeling agency The Lions, a client of RPJ, hosted a benefit to highlight the issue of water pollution and raise money for Whale and Dolphin Conservation, a charity dedicated to the preservation of whales, dolphins and porpoises and...
This month marks the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which occurred at the Stonewall Inn in downtown New York City on June 27 and 28, 1969. The 1984 documentary Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community, directed by RPJ client Greta Schiller and co-directed by Robert Rosenberg, chronicles...
Last month, singer-songwriter, and RPJ client, Janel Munoa won the award for “Best New Artist” at the 2019 Indigenous Music Awards in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Ms. Munoa’s debut album, Howls from Deep in the Woods, combines punk rock and soul sounds and earned her nominations for Best Rock Recording and New or Debut Artist of the Year...
On June 5, the Connecticut journal Shoreline Times published a feature on RPJ Counsel Dara L. Onofrio, who is currently serving a four-year term as Chair of the Board of Finance of Clinton, CT, following her election in 2017. The article highlights Ms. Onofrio’s work as a patent lawyer, predominantly...