San Francisco, CA – Feb. 11, 2012 – Rimon P.C., an international corporate law firm, announced today that Mark Diamond has joined its San Francisco office as a Partner. Mr. Diamond has over 30 years of experience practicing corporate and securities law. As a member of Rimon’s Private Investment Funds Group, he focuses on representing financial services…

This past September I wrote about a lawsuit pitting sugar against corn.  Initially, two sugar manufacturers sued the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) and six high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) manufacturers for false advertising under the Lanham Act, as well as for being in violation of California Business and Professions Code Section 17200 as a result of their corn sugar “re-branding” campaign.  At the time I…

So Facebook filed its IPO papers, and the numbers are eye-popping.  The company appears to be worth about $100 billion, or a bit more than the GDP of Tunisia.  Others shade it a bit lower, but one thing is certain: it’s good to be Facebook.   Facebook is special because, in network economic terms, its…

New York, NY – Jan. 9, 2012 – Rimon P.C., an international corporate law firm, announced today that Bernays “Buz” Barclay has joined its New York office as a Partner. Mr. Barclay brings to Rimon new energy and infrastructure transactions capacity and experience to Rimon’s growing New York presence, and will augment the Firm’s Startups and Startup…

Did you know SKEE-BALL’s a trademark?  And an infringed trademark at that?  Well, maybe. You remember Skee-Ball, don’t you?  The game in which you roll a ball up a table hoping to do so with just enough force so that it hits the ridge at the end of the table and bounces up into the smallest…

As noted in the first piece of this two-part series, the Stop Online Piracy Act’s (“SOPA”) procedures vary depending on whether the Attorney General or a copyright holder initiates the process. This article looks at the possible course of action when initiated by the Attorney General. SOPA permits the U.S. Attorney General to take action against “foreign…

It’s really basic: ownership of the copyright in work a business pays for can often be critical for successful commercialization of that work. Unfortunately, the U.S. Copyright Act contains arcane provisions that will often produce a counterintuitive result – leaving full copyright ownership with the contractor. How could this possibly be?? Background: When copyrightable work…

Currently under debate in the U.S. House of Representatives, the Stop Online Piracy Act (“SOPA”) would provide the Attorney General and copyright holders with tools to combat copyright infringement and trafficking of counterfeit goods. Whether the bill goes too far, though, is under heavy scrutiny. Opponents to SOPA, including Internet giants such as Google and…

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), currently the subject of hearings in the House Judiciary Committee, has generated interest far beyond the community of copyright lawyers.   To its proponents, SOPA is a critical addition to copyright law, necessary to help creative Americans protect their legitimate property rights from foreign attackers, and thus to preserve the…

San Francisco, CA – Dec. 9, 2011 – Rimon P.C., an international corporate law firm, announced today that Scott Raber  has joined its San Francisco office as a Partner in Rimon’s Litigation, Employment, and Healthcare practice groups. Mr. Raber previously practiced with the global law firm Latham & Watkins in New York and San Francisco, and with…