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Archive for February, 2009

Court of Appeals limits on in-term noncompetes in licensing agreements

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Comedy Club, Inc.  v. Improv West Associates, 2009 US App. LEXIS 1634

Ruling: An in-term non-competition clause in a trademark licensing agreement can only bind parties to the contract and those persons in active concert or participation with them and can only be enforced in the geographical area where the licensee operates under the licensor’s name.  (more…)

Tags: Licensing, non-competition clause
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Forgive the absence!

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

I apologize for the recent lack of posts.  An inactive blog isn’t terribly interesting!  Here’s the deal- in November, we welcomed our second bundle of joy into the world.  Since my husband and I run a law office together, and since our first bundle (of something) has just entered her terrible twos, you can imagine how thin I’ve been stretched. 

Perhaps I should have delegated the writing to someone else for a few months.  Alas, I’m a control freak (how many lawyers do you know who aren’t?).  So instead, there’s been a gap in posts.   But the new mommy excuse sounds less and less plausible as the months creep by, so it’s time for me to start posting again.  I hope you enjoy the new briefs.

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