August 13, 2024 - Pursuant to the Federal Trade Commission Act ('FTC Act''), the Federal Trade Commission is issuing the Non-Compete Clause Rule (''the final rule'') effective Sept. 4, 2024, based ...

July 11, 2024 - In October 2021, we detailed, opens new tab President Biden's renewed focus on finding ways to limit the use of non-compete agreements and restrictive covenants in the U.S. At the time ...

Kritsana Mingtongkhum and Shantanu Ajit Tambe of Satyapon & Partners review crucial Thai case law which indicates a long-awaited departure from a conservative approach to trademark non-use ...

Since the Supreme Court dropped the ‘registration defense’ for later-registered marks by an en banc ruling in early 2021, even the use of registered marks can infringe an earlier-registered mark in ...

For the past several years, non-compete agreements have been under attack by legislatures, agencies and regulators throughout the country. Since then, many states have passed legislation restricting ...

According to the monthly report and annual report issued by the China National Intellectual Property Administration of China (CNIPA), the number of applications for review of non-use cancellation ...

Amazon has gone to court several times in the past to enforce non-compete agreements with departing employees in Washington state, home of its Seattle-area headquarters. (GeekWire File Photo / Kurt ...