On February 26, 2025, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision in the case of Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc. In vacating the award of nearly $43 million to plaintiff Dewberry Group, the Supreme Court held that “defendant” under 15 U.S.C. §1117(a) is limited to named defendants in the lawsuit. Thus, the profits […]
Generally, every company has confidential information, including, for example, customer and supplier lists and their contact information; pricing information and criteria; proprietary methods and/or ingredients in products or services provided; and proprietary research and development that may lead to patentable inventions. Employment Agreements specifying what is trade secret and confidential, as well as having procedures […]
We have cameras in our 43rd floor conference room windows recording the Mississippi River. The following playlist has over 25 time lapse videos and videos of fireworks: Time Lapse Videos. We plan to continue to add time lapse videos in the future. We hope that you enjoy them. Seth Nehrbass, Patent Attorney, New Orleans, 16 […]
We first posted about the FTC’s position on noncompete agreements on 6 June 2023: Non-compete clauses in agreements likely violate federal law. Then, the FTC has adopted a new rule effectively banning noncompete agreements in the US. See https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/rules/noncompete-rule (reported in our 9 May 2024 post). Now, a federal judge has declared the rule to […]
Fabian M. Nehrbass, Patent Attorney, and Seth M. Nehrbass, Patent Attorney,will each conduct a one-hour continuing legal education presentation at the 2024 New Orleans Bar Association’s Procrastinators’ Programs℠ Pan Am Building, 11th Floor Conference Center,601 Poydras Street, New Orleans. Here is the link to sign up for Fabian’s 17 December 2024 NOBA CLE Presentation: https://www.neworleansbar.org/?pg=events&evAction=showDetail&eid=292471 2:30 p.m. […]
In a recent decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, Look Cycle International v. Kunshan Qiyue Outdoor Sports Goods Co., Ltd. (Cancellation No. 92079409), August 9, 2024, the trademark registration BLOOKE (Registration No. 6683483) was cancelled by the TTAB due in part to fraud committed on the USPTO.”Fraud in procuring or maintaining a trademark […]
Julia M. FitzPatrick, Patent Attorney, andFabian M. Nehrbass, Patent Attorney,will conduct a 50-minute continuing legal education presentation regarding Copyright/Trademark/Patent Law with a focus on bars and distilleries,at the Tales of the Cocktail Foundation’s first-ever Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Course taking place on Saturday, July 20, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton, New […]
We first posted about the FTC’s position on noncompete agreements on 6 June 2023: Non-compete clauses in agreements likely violate federal law. Now the FTC has adopted a new rule effectively banning noncompete agreements in the US. See https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/rules/noncompete-rule (slightly edited text of webpage announcement reproduced below): Noncompete Rule [Webpage announcement on FTC website above] […]
GARVEY, SMITH & NEHRBASS, PATENT ATTORNEYS, L.L.C. is pleased to announce that Julie R. Chauvin and Fabian M. Nehrbass, both patent attorneys, have been named partners in the firm. GSN PA is the largest law firm in Louisiana composed entirely of patent attorneys. Julie was born and raised in New Orleans and attended St. Martin’s […]