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Case of the Day: Chanel v. Individuals on Schedule A
The case of the day is Chanel, Inc. v. Individuals, Business Entities and Unincorporated Associations Listed on Schedule A (S.D. Fla. 2025). This is a typical internet luxury good knockoff case. There are a lot of these cases nowadays. It’s usual for the plaintiff to sue a long list of seemingly dodgy foreign people and……
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Murders at an AJC event
I’m shocked by the news that two young staffers at the Israeli embassy, Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, were murdered last night at an American Jewish Committee event in Washington last night. I serve on the New England regional board of the AJC, an organization devoted to confronting antisemitism, upholding democratic values, and advocating for……
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More on Schrödinger Service
I’m enjoying having a back-and-forth with friend of Letters Blogatory Bill Dodge on “Schrödinger Service.” The name comes from the famous thought experiment in quantum physics, where the setup allows a tiny, random quantum event to lead to consequence that we can observe in the macroscopic world. If a radioactive atom decays, then a vial……
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Event Announcement: ABLI/HCCH webinar on electronic service of documents and remote taking of evidence
Readers, the Singapore-based Asian Business Law Institute and the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law are hosting a webinar on electronic service of documents and remote taking of evidence. Here is the announcement: The webinar will take place on Thursday July 10 from 5 to 6:10 pm Singapore time (UTC +8)……
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Case of the Day: BSH v. Electrolux
The case of the day is BSH Hausgeräte GmbH v Electrolux AB (CJEU 2025). In the European Union, the Brussels I bis regulation allocates exclusive jurisdiction over the validity of patents and other registered IP rights to “the courts of the Member State in which the deposit or registration has been applied for, has taken……