The clock is ticking for companies that want to protect their trademark on Facebook, warn intellectual property lawyers. Starting Saturday, at 12:01 a.m. EST, Facebook will allow an estimated 200 million users to select any “usernames,” which can include a trademark, brand name or personal name. And if the owner hasn’t registered the trademark first with Facebook, it’s up for grabs. That’s why lawyers are urging trademark owners to visit the Facebook site and register trademarks before any cybersquatters get there.
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New Approaches, New Firms on Corporate Clients’ Shopping Lists
In this volatile economy, merely dropping rates is not the best way for large law firms to get more business from their biggest corporate clients, according to consultant Michael B. Rynowecer and a midyear survey on outside legal spending by Fortune 1000 companies. That means firms that want their business need to handle their matters more efficiently within predictable, fixed budgets, he said. They also need to understand a client’s business well enough to help corporate counsel assess and mitigate risk.