5/22/2025 5:38:50 PM Are You Monitoring Your Influencers? Huda Beauty's NAD Case Is a Reminder By Shannon Turner Kimberly Culp The National Advertising Division (NAD) recently reviewed marketing claims tied to Huda Beauty's Easy Bake Setting Spray. At issue was a...
5/21/2025 6:10:17 PM First Federal Crackdown on Deepfakes: TAKE IT DOWN Act Signed By Mark Jansen On May 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN Act into law, marking a significant federal initiative to...
5/13/2025 6:07:09 PM Two-Month Click-to-Cancel Rule Extension By Kimberly Culp If you've been following the latest updates on the click-to-cancel rule, you might have heard about the recent extension granted by the...
5/8/2025 8:23:43 PM Fenwick's Timely Luncheon with UK Minister of Investment, Baroness Poppy Gustafsson By Patrick Grilli It was an honor to host Baroness Poppy Gustafsson, the United Kingdom Minister for Investment, for a lunch with leading Silicon Valley...
4/24/2025 8:22:00 PM Blurred Lines, Big Lawsuits: The Cost of Missing Disclosures By Shannon Turner Revolve is facing a $50 million putative class action over allegedly failing to enforce disclosure rules in its influencer campaigns. The...
4/23/2025 6:40:02 PM Familiar Tactics, New Targets: Non-Practicing Entities Move Into Life Sciences and Consumer Tech By Jon McMichael High-volume patent monetization entities have long focused on targets in the information technology and software sectors. But that trend...
4/8/2025 9:36:09 PM Tariff Turbulence: Legal Risks Rising as Counterfeits and Dupes Surge By Shannon Turner Recent tariff increases are not only disrupting beauty brands’ supply chains and pricing strategies—they're also amplifying legal risks...
3/31/2025 3:00:22 PM Intellectual Property in Heavy Manufacturing By Rajiv Patel Heavy manufacturing companies operate at the intersection of hardware, materials science, and automation—sectors where IP protection is...
3/26/2025 2:11:20 PM As AI Colors Fashion, Copyright Remains a Gray Area By Shannon Turner A U.S. federal appeals court recently ruled that works generated solely by artificial intelligence are not eligible for copyright...
3/24/2025 4:00:42 PM IP as an Investment Magnet – Why VCs Prioritize Companies with Strong IP Strategies By Rajiv Patel Investors in deep tech don’t just evaluate technology—they evaluate defensibility. A company’s IP portfolio is often the difference...
3/21/2025 1:54:31 PM Dupe or Deception? What e.l.f.’s Win Over Benefit Means for Beauty Brands By Shannon Turner The battle over beauty “dupes” just got more interesting. In a major win for e.l.f. Cosmetics, a California federal judge ruled that its...
3/17/2025 3:00:37 PM Navigating IP in Government Contracts By Rajiv Patel For space, defense, and industrial technology companies, securing government contracts is often a major growth milestone. But without a...