When the global pandemic struck in March, some of our clients, like Kinetic (www.wearkinetic.com), began looking at how they could expand their business by providing new technology and services to help their customers deal with the CDC protocols and recommendations to slow the spread of COVID-19. Prior to the pandemic, Kinetic’s business was centered on developing smart wearable devices and related software and technology that automatically detects high risk postures and provides workers with immediate feedback whenever high risk motions occur. By highlighting these high risk postures, Kinetic’s clients were able to significantly reduce workplace injuries and the associated costs. […]

Our client, Triton Submarines, was a key player in the world’s first manned expedition to the deepest point in each of the world’s five oceans. The New Yorker has a great piece on the expedition, its history, and some of the trials and tribulations they overcame as they made their way to the “Five Deeps.” You can find the New Yorker article here -> https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/05/18/thirty-six-thousand-feet-under-the-sea

The United States Supreme Court recently made it potentially easier for plaintiffs in trademark infringement lawsuits to recover a defendant’s profits from their infringing acts.  More specifically, the Court held in Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc. 590 U.S. ___ (2020) that the plaintiff need not show that a defendant’s infringement is willful before recovering the defendant’s profits. Romag is a seller of magnetic snap fasteners for use in leather goods, and Fossil designs, markets, and distributes a range of fashion accessories, notably watches.  Romag and Fossil entered into an agreement for Fossil to use Romag’s fasteners in Fossil’s handbags […]