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Rimon’s Bruce Abramson on SOPA in Forbes

2012-01-26T04:13:43+00:00

Bruce Abramson, a partner in Rimon's intellectual property practice group, was quoted in Forbes on January 23rd. Dr. Abramson likens certain digital IP enforcement to tactics to saying, "‘I have reason to believe you stole my wallet so I am going to break into your home to look for it. And by the way I am not going to be held liable if I trash your home in the process. Even if you are innocent.”

The full article is available on Forbes.com.

Social Enterprise, Health and Wellness and the Law: A New Frontier

2012-01-22T04:13:08+00:00

Carson Porter, Rimon PC, Practice Chair

Lara Pearson, Rimon PC, Chief Sustainability Officer

Inna Wood, Rimon PC, Associate

As the late, great soul singer, Sam Cooke, sang: “A change is gonna come…” And here we are in 2012 and change is upon us: changes in the way we deliver healthcare in the U.S.; changes in the way we view personal health and wellness; changes in the way we look at our collective commitment to social good; and, even changes in the legal structures available to those wishing to develop enterprises aiming to positively impact our world.

Bernays “Buz” Barclay Joins Rimon P.C.‘s Corporate Group in New York

2012-01-12T05:13:54+00:00

New York, NY – Jan. 9, 2012 – Rimon P.C., an international corporate law firm, announced today that Bernays “Buz” Barclay has joined its New York office as a Partner. Mr. Barclay brings to Rimon new energy and infrastructure transactions capacity and experience to Rimon's growing New York presence, and will augment the Firm’s Startups and Startup Financing Group and its Mergers and Acquisitions Group.

Mr. Barclay has been an energy and power industry associate at Chadbourne & Parke LLP and a partner of Porter & Travers LLP, King & Spalding LLP, and Torys LLP. During that time he left law practice for four years to help lead the Project Finance Group of Citibank N.A. Buz has published numerous power industry-related legal and business articles and Chairs some of the leading conferences of the US power industry each year. Buz joins Rimon from Dickstein Shapiro LLP, where he was a partner in the Energy Group.

Since 1999 Mr. Barclay has committed a substantial portion of his practice to working with emerging growth companies and their investors with cleantech, greentech and other environmentally sustainable business models, and to project development and finance in virtually all of the renewable energy technology categories. He has co-founded and served as a Director of several energy-related companies. He also hosts the Energy & Environmental Funders Forum of the New York Center for Economic Environmental Partnership.

“Buz brings to our Firm a wealth of experience and expertise that Rimon is excited to have,” says Michael Moradzadeh, Rimon’s Managing Partner. “He is a great addition to our New York office and we look forward to his leadership in the important area of energy and infrastructure transactions.”

“I have become as impressed with the depth of thinking that has gone into building the Rimon partnership as I have with its capabilities,” said Mr. Barclay. “The sensitivity and responsiveness of Rimon lawyers to the needs and concerns of startups as well as to the largest and most sophisticated users of legal services stems from core values and principles that also resonate with the best entrepreneurs and investors in the energy space, and will certainly sustain the growth of our practices around this important area.”

Recently, Mr. Barclay has assisted a carbon nanotech startup in negotiating critical venture agreements, advised an independent power transmission project in acquiring development funding and resolving commercial and governance issues, helped develop funding, marketing and sales strategies for a start-up compressed air energy storage company, negotiated and closed the monetization of a 42 megawatt solar photovoltaic project portfolio, advised a US private equity firm in the C$1.7 Billion acquisition of a publicly held Canadian infrastructure income trust, led the U.S. legal team for a Canadian independent power company in acquiring four Northeastern gas fired power projects, and negotiated and drafted power purchase agreements and engineering, procurement and construction agreements for wind and solar projects.

In addition to his partnership with Rimon, Mr. Barclay is a Managing Director in the New York office of Marathon Capital, LLC, an investment bank specializing in energy and infrastructure project financing, raising capital, and corporate and asset sales, especially in renewable energy industries. A graduate of the University of Michigan, he received an M.B.A. from Michigan State University and his L.L.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. Mr. Barclay has also served as an officer in the United States Army.

Skee-Ball accuses Brewskee-Ball of cheating (ala trademark infringement)

2012-01-06T20:56:40+00:00

Did you know SKEE-BALL’s a trademark? And an infringed trademark at that? Well, maybe.

You remember Skee-Ball, don’t you? The game in which you roll a ball up a table hoping to do so with just enough force so that it hits the ridge at the end of the table and bounces up into the smallest of holes, which awards the most prize tickets. Small amounts of prize tickets could be redeemed for plastic trinkets, while larger amounts could buy you goodies like stuffed animals or even TVs and VCRs.

Stop Online Piracy Act: Powers Granted to the Attorney General

2012-01-05T20:59:09+00:00

As noted in the first piece of this two-part series, the Stop Online Piracy Act’s (“SOPA”) procedures vary depending on whether the Attorney General or a copyright holder initiates the process. This article looks at the possible course of action when initiated by the Attorney General.