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India high court grants interim relief to Bacardi against alleged trademark infringement

JURIST

Justice Hari Shankar the high court ruled that Bacardi made out a prima facie case for grant of interlocutory injunction on the basis of infringement of its registered trademark. ” The interim injunction will remain in force until the case is resolved.

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Making a Proper Determination of Obviousness

Patently O

While these new guidelines are not legally binding, they offer important insight into how the Office plans to apply an even more flexible approach to obviousness — something Director Vidal sees as mandated by the Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in KSR Int’l Co.

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UK home secretary approves extradition of billionaire jeweler accused of defrauding bank to India

JURIST

Hence, a “prima facie case” was established. The post UK home secretary approves extradition of billionaire jeweler accused of defrauding bank to India appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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Dismissal of Defamation and False Light Claim under Tennessee Public Participation Act partially reversed.

Day on Torts

Defendant filed a petition for dismissal pursuant to the TPPA, and after finding that the TPPA applied, that plaintiff was a limited-purpose public figure in the context of this action, and that plaintiff “had not established a prima facie case for actual malice,” the trial court dismissed the case. The TPPA, Tenn.

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WHAT IS ASSOCIATIONAL DISCRIMINATION?

JayS.Rothman&Associates

This means that employees cannot suffer adverse actions simply because someone they associate with engaged in legally-protected activity, such as blowing the whistle. Employees who do suffer such actions may have a legal cause of action. The exact legal standard varies depending on the law under which the claim is being raised.

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Legal Malpractice Claim Filed More than One Year after BPR Complaint was Untimely.

Day on Torts

Where plaintiff had filed complaints with the Board of Professional Responsibility (BPR) complaining of the same allegations that allegedly supported her legal malpractice claim, and those BPR complaints were filed more than one year before the legal malpractice suit was filed, summary judgment based on the statute of limitations was affirmed.

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California Supreme Court: prisoners must get lawyer when challenging convictions for killings committed by others

JURIST

In this case, the trial court neither held a hearing nor appointed counsel and summarily denied Lewis’s petition stating “Lewis did not make a prima facie case for resentencing under Senate Bill 1437 because … he ‘would still be found guilty with a valid theory of first degree murder.'”