Sector
Dispute Resolution
Is San Francisco’s Sugar-sweetened Beverage Rule Watering Down First Amendment Rights?
06 January 2017San Francisco’s ordinance targeting added sugar has the potential to leave a bad taste in the mouths of beverage makers and other product advertisers across the nation after a federal judge in California upheld a particularly onerous labeling mandate...
Philippine Supreme Court Axes Field Testing of GMO Eggplant
12 May 2016The Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled against conducting field trials of genetically modified eggplant or BT Talong (talong is the Tagalog word for eggplant) as a precautionary measure to protect human health and environment and promote people’s...
Beware the Product-by-Process Claim
19 May 2016Product-by-Process (hereinafter PBP) claims define a product by its method of production. Ex Parte Painter, 57 O.G. 999 (Comm’r Pat. 1891). At its inception, PBP claims were only permitted where the claimed product “resist[ed] definition by other tha...