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Beth Alquist, Jonathan Tropp and Cecilia Zhang Stiber authored an October 25 article for the Connecticut Law Tribune on the link between consumer demand and claims of infringing conduct. Recent rulings, including in a case between Samsung and Apple, have found that infringing behavior is partly determined by whether it influenced consumer purchasing behavior. The attorneys write: "Whether or not the Apple cases swing the pendulum further in favor of defendants after eBay, patent holders are well advised to arm themselves with objective evidence of causation, e.g., that infringing features drive consumer demand. As with the old saw about keeping doctors away, heeding the second Apple-Samsung ruling can only help. Besides, causal evidence developed for use in injunction proceedings may be usefully deployed to prove damages too."
The full article can be found here.
Intellectual Property Partner Jonathan Tropp will speak at the "Attorney's Guide for Understanding Copyright Law and Software in 2021," webinar presented by Thompson Reuters, the Global Cyber Institute, and Lexeprint Publishing on January 24.
Partners Kevin J. Duffy and Richard H. Brown authored the article, "Shouting FIRE! (or Worse) on Social Media: The Interplay of the First Amendment and Government Involvement in Efforts to Limit or Remove Social Media Content," which was published in the Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal.
Day Pitney and the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) Northeast Chapter co-hosted a virtual roundtable, "Basic Tech and Cyber Competency for In-House Counsel," on September 23.
On September 16, Elizabeth Alquist and Catherine Dugan O'Connor will serve on a panel, moderated by Christopher Droney, for the session, "Anatomy of a Trademark Case," at the Connecticut Bar Association's Connecticut Legal Conference.
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Jon Tropp, a partner at Day Pitney, was appointed to the Town Council's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force for the Trumbull community
Day Pitney's Michael Napoleone has been appointed to the Palm Beach County League of Cities board of directors.
In the BTI Litigation Outlook 2020: Changes, Trends, and Opportunities for Law Firms, published by the BTI Consulting Group, Day Pitney was named a "Powerhouse in Complex Commercial Litigation."
Ryan Osterweil was quoted in an article, "'It Isn't Illegal If It Doesn't Exist yet': Patent Laws Pose Challenges for the Cannabis Industry," which was published by Cannabis Wire and reports on a recent New York City Bar Association program where he served as a panelist.
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