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August 8, 2017

Subway’s “Footlong” Sandwiches: Lawyers Denied Bigger Bite Than Plaintiffs A few days ago, the Court of Appeals for the 7th U.S. Circuit threw out a class-action settlement that paid lawyers-but not plaintiffs-in a case filed against Subway for allegedly deceiving customers by selling “Footlong” sandwiches that were, in some cases, shorter than a foot long. The dispute started in…

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Upcoming Seminars and Events USA-­Markteintrittsseminar und Risk Management Meeting

August 4, 2017

Die nächsten Seminare der German American Business Association (GABA) finden am 13. und 14. September in Berlin statt.  BridgehouseLaw fördert auch dieses Event durch Sponsorship und die Stellung eines mit den Themen in den USA vertrauten Referenten. Wann: 13. September 2017: USA­ Markteintritts-­Seminar14. September 2017: Risk Management Meeting Die folgenden Themen werden unter Anderem ausführlich…

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How to Obtain Your Italian Citizenship Iure Sanguinis via Ancestor & Equality in Treatment

August 3, 2017

For many reasons it now seems there is an enhanced interest in obtaining a citizenship other than a US one. While I believe that having a dual citizenship in general is always a good thing, having a US citizenship plus another from one the EU countries is even better. For one, once you are a citizen of a…

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Affen Selfie: Gewonnen und doch verloren – Die Tücken des amerikanischen Rechtssystems

August 1, 2017

Es gibt ein weiteres Update zu Naruto, dem berühmten, Selfie knipsenden Schopfmakaken. Bereits in unseren Newslettern im Dezember 2015 und Februar 2016 haben wir hierüber geschrieben. Dieses jetzige Update könnte gleichzeitig das letzte zu diesem Rechtsstreit sein. Zur Erinnerung: Der britische Fotograf David Slater begab sich 2008 nach Indonesien, um die vom Aussterben bedrohten Schopfmakaken…

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August 1, 2017

Haribo to Receive $21 Million in State Tax Incentives In March 2017, German candy maker Haribo, known for their brightly colored gummy bears, announced that it would be building its first American plant in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin just 45 miles north of Chicago. It is scheduled to be fully operational by 2020 and will initially…

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Kroger v. Lidl

July 28, 2017

Earlier this year, Lidl, a German grocery retailer opened its first US-based stores. Lidl employed the use of a newly filed trademark “PREFERRED SELECTION” which they introduced to brand their own company’s products. In early July, Kroger, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio and one of the world’s largest grocery retailers, filed a lawsuit against Lidl requesting…

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Global Jurisdiction for Injunctions in Canada

July 28, 2017

After a decision on Wednesday June 28th, courts in Canada may now have the authority to issue temporary injunctions with a global reach. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled against Google in a 7-2 decision, requiring the search engine to remove search results involving a misused trademark from all variations of the search engine, not…

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Bitcoin: The Underlying Blockchain Technology

July 20, 2017

Bitcoin, which utilizes the underlying technology of all convertible virtual currencies (CVCs), was created by an anonymous user who goes by the name Satoshi Nakamoto. CVCs serve as a digital medium of exchange for goods and services. In his Nakamoto’s white paper, Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System, Nakamoto believed that the current financial systems were inefficient by requiring a third party ‘clearing house’ (1) to alleviate the risk of fraud through double spending. Nakamoto…

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The German Green Party Moves Against Online Shopping on Sundays

July 12, 2017

Since the dawn of the Internet, online shopping has expanded the boundaries of retail beyond the store’s physical location. Just recently Amazon bought the grocery store chain Whole Foods for $13.4 billion.  Over the years, online shopping has proven to have its advantages and disadvantages. Shoppers are able to accessalmost an unlimited number of choices when it comes to products and prices 24 hours a day, seven days a…

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Robot Technology Skirts Trump Administration Travel Ban

July 4, 2017

Living in the 21st century, humans have integrated technology into almost every function of our lives, both business and personal. Technology’s evolution grows exponentially in both speed and complexity in order to make tasks, once impossible, relatively easy. With its integrated presence and use in society, people have found ways to apply it in context of social and political issues. This is apparent when we look at the Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) conference held in Denver, Colorado at…

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