When Japanese Inheritance Law Meets U.S. Patent Rights
Beyond the Written Assignment: How Foreign Intestacy Laws Can Dictate U.S. Patent Ownership In cases involving decades-old intellectual property and…
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Automatic Assignment vs. Mere Promise: Key Lessons from DDB Technologies v. MLB Advanced Media
The Chain of Title in Patent Ownership Doesn’t End at the USPTO. Digital databases often stop where the real story…
The Treasure of the Mercedes: How Sovereign Immunity Sunk the “Finders Keepers” Rule
Sovereignty Over Silver: The Case That Defined Underwater Heritage Historical records research services and legal document translations of historical records…
The Remote Video Deposition Dilemma: When Legal Gamesmanship Meets the Truth-Seeking Imperative
In Agnone v. Agnone, the California Court of Appeal upheld sanctions against a witness whose attorney refused to appear on…
Why a Power of Attorney Executed in Argentina Was Invalid in Florida in Parisi v. de Kingston
The Florida appellate court held that a power of attorney executed in Argentina was invalid for use on Florida property…
The Burden of Proof in Escheat: How Estate of Faskowitz Clarified Florida’s Inheritance Law
The Florida appeals court ruled that when lawful heirs are known, the state cannot claim any part of an estate…
How a Failure to Prove Mexican Law Shaped a Cross-Border Estate Dispute
The Court of Appeals of Texas affirmed the application of state inheritance law over Mexican law in a cross-border estate…
How Handwritten Real Estate Records Decided a Maine Beach Battle
The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the Town of Kennebunkport, not private beachfront owners, holds title to Goose Rocks…
How New York Courts Weigh the Presumption of a Missing Person’s Death Based on Absence
The 2009 case of In re Sanchez and the 1998 ruling in Matter of Cosentino reveal the dual demands of…