Manufacturers’ Compliance Institute - Intellectual Property

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  • What should my company do when it discovers counterfeits?

  • How do I proactively protect and register my company’s intellectual property?

  • Should I consider potential civil and criminal actions against counterfeiters?

  • How can I take down cyber-squatters and online counterfeit sales?

  • How do I handle patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and domain name matters?

  • How can I work with customs and law enforcement to stop counterfeiters?

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  • 03/28/2018
    The Center News: March 2018
    In November 2017, the Manufacturers’ Center for Legal Action (MCLA) launched the Manufacturers’ Accountability Project (MAP) with the purpose of exposing the coordinated efforts of trial attorneys and public officials pursuing a baseless legal campaign against manufacturers.
  • 02/28/2018
    The Center News: February 2018
    In November 2017, the Manufacturers’ Center for Legal Action (MCLA) launched the Manufacturers’ Accountability Project (MAP) with the purpose of exposing the coordinated efforts of trial attorneys and public officials pursuing a baseless legal campaign against manufacturers.
  • 01/31/2018
    The Center News: January 2018
    We are changing up our format a bit for this edition to provide an opportunity for our MCLA Legal Advisory Council law firm partners to provide their views on the outlook for 2018.
  • 12/21/2017
    The Center News: December 2017
    With National Labor Relations Board Chairman Philip Miscimarra departing his post this past Saturday, late last week, the Board took astonishingly broad and swift action to reverse some of the most troubling Board policies of the past several years.
  • 11/16/2017
    The Center News: November 2017
    There have been so many outrageous claims and novel theories of liability against manufacturers over the years that it is unusual to see a more straightforward, run-of-the-mill contract case make it to the Supreme Court for decision. But that happened in 2015 when the Supreme Court decided that retirees are entitled to lifetime vesting of health care benefits under a collective bargaining agreement only when the agreement can be viewed that way using standard contract interpretation principles.
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