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Publication:2008-2009 Michigan Business Review

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     Brooks Kushman announced today that Daniel M. Stock, former in-house counsel at Ford Motor Co., has recently joined the law firm. The announcement was made by Ernie L. Brooks, president and founding partner.

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Two of our lawyers - Ernie Brooks and Bill Abbatt - were recognized as "SuperLawyers" in the field of Intellectual Property, in the first Michigan SuperLawyers Listing published by Law & Politics, after a multi-step selection process. That process included a survey of all lawyers in Michigan who have been in practice at least five years and a blue ribbon review panel of leading attorneys from each practice area.

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David Syrowik presents a comprehensive review of computer and Internet case law handed down in 2006.

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On August 10th, 2006, John Halan and Marc Malooley gave a presentation to a group of engineers at the Legal Issues for Michigan Professional Engineers seminar in Ann Arbor, MI. The presentation focused on intellectual property rights for the professional engineer. Topics included protecting copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets.

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Digital World Magazine

There are an increasing number of international sites offering music downloads at low prices with few copyright restrictions. Sites based in Russia and Spain claim to be legitimate, but Tom Lewry warns that bargain hunters should beware, “My advice would be stay away from them because you run the risk of being sued.”

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Publication:Oakland County Legal News

Bill Abbatt, a partner at Brooks Kushman, highlights important issues surrounding the protection of slogans, including:

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Publication:Detroit Legal News

Bill Abbatt, a partner at Brooks Kushman, highlights important issues surrounding the protection of slogans, including:

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Publication:Bloomberg

This article notes that Novell Inc. will pay some clients if they are sued for copyright infringement to blunt the impact of threatened suits against Linux users. IBM and Intel pledged to contribute to a defense fund and Hewlett-Packard has agreed to indemnify its customers. Tom Lewry commented that, “The fund means there's money there to fight lawsuits, instead of giving clients money afterward as an indemnification program would”.

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Publication:Intellectual Property Litigation Reporter

A federal appellate court recently ruled that the RIAA cannot obtain the identities of file traders from their ISPs. Tom Lewry commented, "This is obviously going to put a huge monkey wrench" into the RIAA's plans to continue filing lawsuits against individual file traders. “However, the decision will not help the hundreds of individuals who have been sued by the RIAA over the past several months after the group obtained their identities from their ISPs. These cases are not like criminal cases in which information can be suppressed by a judge who finds that it was obtained illegally.”

Lewry represented four college students sued by RIAA for copyright infringement last year.

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Venue:ALI-ABA Course of Study: Antitrust/Intellectual Property Claims in High Technology Markets: Litigating & Advising, Boston, MA

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Venue:ALI-ABA Course of Study: Antitrust/Intellectual Property Claims in High Technology Markets: Litigating & Advising, Boston, MA

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