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U.S. Supreme Court Resolves Treatment of Trademark Licenses in Bankruptcy

U.S. Supreme Court Resolves Treatment of Trademark Licenses in Bankruptcy

J.R. Maddox

For decades, federal courts have been split on what happens to a trademark licensee’s rights when a debtor-licensor “rejects” a trademark license agreement in bankruptcy. In this article, we discuss the two longstanding interpretations of this issue, the recent resolution by the U.S. Supreme Court, and the resulting impact on licensors and licensees. The issue: Rejection-as-breach…

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Protecting Your Business:  Preventing Wrongful Interference with Non-competition and Non-solicitation Agreements

Protecting Your Business: Preventing Wrongful Interference with Non-competition and Non-solicitation Agreements

Court Anderson | Benjamin Hamborg | Eric Friske

Understanding wrongful interference with contract When an employee who is subject to a valid non-competition or non-solicitation agreement leaves and begins competing with his or her former employer—either by creating a new business or by joining an existing competitor—the employee can be enjoined from wrongfully competing and held liable for breach of contract. While an…

Owning a Business
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