Courts Impose Severe Sanctions for Electronic Discovery Abuses Three recent decisions reflect an increasing willingness by the courts to enter severe sanctions, including dismissal of claims and defenses, for discovery violations involving electronically stored information ("ESI").
2009 Annual Report on Trends in Trademarks The year proved to be a challenging one for trademarks, with new filings and appeals in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office falling sharply from the previous year.
