News & Press Releases

HR Dive covered U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s March 20 announcement that employers with employees taking physical proximity precautions due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) need not review the employee's identity and employment authorization documents in the employee's physical presence for Form I-9. The article included commentary from Mintz Member and Founding Chair of the firm’s Immigration Practice Susan J. Cohen.

Mintz Member Aarti Shah authored an article published in the Fifteenth Edition, Volume 5, Number 1 of The Brand Protection Professional (BPP) on how companies can utilize the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) as a legal venue to battle counterfeits and knockoffs.

Mintz Member and Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Division Michael Renaud and Members James Wodarski and Andrew DeVoogd co-authored an article published in the February 2020 issue of The Licensing Journal that examined opportunities for remedies including injunctive relief as redress against infringement for standard essential patent (SEP) owners at the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Mintz Member Susan Weller was quoted in an article published by Law360 discussing the latest trend of misguided trademark applications surrounding COVID-19 and the considerations by trademark lawyers.

The March 17 edition of the Skilled in the Art newsletter published by Law.com quoted Mintz Member Terri Shieh-Newton on the recent closing of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to the public due to COVID-19, and its impact on applicants and examiners.