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FTC Ratchets Up Focus on Franchise Issues

LexBlog IP

.” Although we aren’t quite talking enemy action here, we are seeing heightened Federal Trade Commission (FTC) interest in issues involving franchises. First, in 2020, the FTC hosted a workshop, “ Reviewing the Franchise Rule. The ability of franchisors to make unilateral changes to the franchise system.

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Venture Capital Financing: An Overview of Financing Documents

LexBlog IP

When going through these financing rounds, whether the very first Series Seed round to the last financing round before an exit, the same agreements are entered into and amended to memorialize the rights, privileges, and preferences of the various series of preferred stock offered.

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Methods of Commercializing Intellectual Property – Part I

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commercialization through Franchising. Further, such sale may also conflict with the existing licensing agreements with regard to the concerned intellectual property, should there be any. Some of such important clauses are as below: The form of agreement should be in a written form. commercialization through Assignment.

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Role of Arbitration In Intellectual Property

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

One of the most contentious topics in arbitration is the arbitrability of IP disputes. Following that, these four parties signed a security deposit agreement that had an arbitration clause. In this instance, a licence agreement between the two parties granted Entertainment Network permission to broadcast IPRS’s work.

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Monthly Wrap Up (December 15, 2022): Noteworthy Trade Secret and Restrictive Covenant Posts, Cases and Developments

LexBlog IP

And while we’re on the topic of an opinion covering multiple interesting trade secret issues, the U.S. Restrictive Covenant Cases from around the United States: Should your agreement include a liquidated damages provision? Diamond , which lays out the particulars required to satisfy that pleading requirement.

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Reaction and Response to the FTC & DOJ Workshop on Labor Market Competition

LexBlog IP

Going back to October 2016, President Barack Obama issued a “State Call to Action on Non-Compete Agreements” to “address wage collusion, unnecessary non-compete agreements, and other anticompetitive practices.”

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Taking a Break from the FTC Drama

LexBlog IP

For a dramatic change of pace, the Commission’s latest public meeting featured the consumer comment section upfront, and we heard from 15 different consumers raising issues ranging from supply chain challenges to a request for a study on franchise issues to surveillance marketing concerns.

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