Category: Corporate

We understand that protecting your competitive position in the marketplace means protecting your trade secrets from unauthorized disclosure. Revision Legal’s trade secret lawyers are experts in the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, the body of law, adopted by 45 states, that governs the protection and theft of trade secrets. Our attorneys can help you adopt a […]

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a $172 million trade secret judgment in favor of Mattel in the case of MGA Entertainment v. Mattel. MGA and Mattel have been embroiled in litigation for several years over the alleged misappropriation of trade secrets related to the Bratz doll line.   In overturning the second […]

The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley, a landmark copyright infringement case concerning the parallel importation of so-called grey-market goods. Grey-market goods are copyrighted goods purchased outside of the United States that are then imported back into the United States and sold a below-market prices. The case turns on […]

Limited liability companies, or LLCs, are the most modern form of business entity. Consequently, LLCs provide their members with several benefits that are not found in older business entity forms, such as corporations or partnerships. These benefits include: Limited liability, which protects the personal assets, such as a personal bank account or house, of the […]

Revision Legal’s business lawyers are experts in business formation, startups, corporate financing, and corporate governance. Our attorneys can help you navigate the business legal landscape from startup to acquisition or sale. Whether you are looking to form an LLC or corporation, add a partner, understand your pre-money valuation, or negotiate with angel investors and venture […]

Revision Legal’s copyright lawyers stand ready to protect your creative rights and defend against overreaching copyright attorneys. Our copyright lawyers have represented the creative rights of authors, artists, musicians, performers, and other content creators in copyright registration, copyright licensing, DMCA notifications, and copyright infringement lawsuits in United States federal courts. Our lawyers understand, enforce, and […]

A cybersquatting or domain dispute attorney is an Internet lawyer that handles cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) or the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). Additionally, a cybersquatting lawyer may also handle domain name hijacking, which typically consists of the theft of a domain name from the owner’s registrant account. Domain […]

Public disclosure of private facts is a tort that falls under the general category of invasion of privacy. To establish a claim for public disclosure of private facts, a plaintiff must establish that the defendant has publicly disclosed private facts that are of no concern to the public and that, as disclosed, are offensive to […]

Like defamation and false light invasion of privacy, intrusion upon seclusion is one of several state law privacy torts that may be available to a plaintiff. Intrusion upon seclusion or solitude occurs where a defendant intrudes upon the privacy or seclusion of the plaintiff. Such an intrusion may occur by physical or electronic means, and […]

False light invasion of privacy, like defamation, is a tort intended to protect an individual against statements that place that individual in a false light. At common law, a plaintiff must prove the following to establish a claim for false light invasion of privacy: That the defendant published a statement to third parties; That the […]