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April 2014 NEWS
 

 

  
Fred Greguras Joins RoyseLaw 

We are pleased to announce that Fred Greguras has joined the firm in its Palo Alto office. Fred is a business attorney serving clients from the startup through public company stages including software, cleantech, semiconductor and medical device companies.

 
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IP Litigation Basics, Part I,
The Legal Framework
  
  

  

This is the first installment of several articles regarding the basics of intellectual property litigation. This article focuses on the legal framework of intellectual property, the next article will explain the nature and purposes of cease-and-desist letters, the following article will describe injunction practice and the final article will describe the nuances of litigation in each form of intellectual property. (more

 

 Recent Developments in
Water Project Finance
   
 
  

 

More utilities and municipalities around the United States are considering public-private partnerships for financing the capital expenditures for the upgrade of the aging drinking water and waste water infrastructure. Bond issues to finance the capital expenditures may not be feasible.  There are several basic financing models in which the private party developer and its investors make the upfront capital expenditures needed for the water facility. The utility or municipality then purchases water from the facility or leases it on a long term basis as an operating expense. (more)
Minimum Wage in California
to Increase on July 1, 2014 
  

 

  
  

Following the trend of other states, the California legislature had passed legislation which has increased the minimum wage. As of July 1, 2014, the minimum wage for employees in California will be increased to $9.00 per hour. "Exceptions" to this new minimum wage rate include, but are not limited to, outside sales persons, employees who are the parent, spouse or child of the employer, certain types of "apprentices", disabled employees and employees of certain types of non-profit organizations. (more)

How to Source Mobile Application Download Revenue 
 
  

  

Mobile application ("app") developers build and distribute apps for an ever-increasing array of devices. Paid downloads constitute a centerpiece of app monetization. For non-US persons who pay tax only on their US-source income, three questions can generally determine the source of such income:

  • Question 1: Is the developer transferring copyright rights (i.e., rights in the underlying software such as ownership, sub-distribution, derivative works and public display rights) or mere copyrighted articles (i.e., mere copies of the protected software, such as one download of an app)? (more
                     
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