Archives for October 2014

October 28, 2014 – CASTAYBERT PLLC is pleased to announce the addition of Counsel in corporate, intellectual property, employment, and immigration law.

Michael Sussman, corporate attorney, brings over 25 years of experience as in-house and private counsel including 14 years as Head of the Market Legal Division at Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. and Partner at StormHarbour Partners Ltd. Read more about Michael Sussman and his practice here.

Steven Levy, intellectual property attorney, brings 25 years of experience in trademark clearance, prosecution, licensing and dispute resolution as well as copyright law. In addition to his significant law firm experience, Steven led the intellectual property practice team at The Home Depot for nearly a decade. Read more about Steven Levy and his practice here.

Tracey Levy, employment attorney, brings 20 years of legal and employee relations experience, representing and advising employers in a broad range of industries, including as an attorney in the Labor and Employment Department of Proskauer Rose LLP and as Employee Relations Specialist with UBS AG. Read more about Tracey Levy and her practice here.

Sophie Raven, immigration attorney, has a decade of experience representing clients in business and family immigration matters relating to the full range of visas, from training visas to employment-based visas and family-based visas. Sophie is an active member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and chairs the Business Immigration Subcommittee of the Nationality Committee of the New York City Bar Association. Read more about Sophie Raven and her practice here.

The addition of these four Counsel, with broad experience both in firms and in-house, add significantly to the firm’s ability to assist individuals, start-ups, small and mid-sized corporations, and larger companies in matters requiring experienced and skilled legal representation and a cost-effective approach.

October 23-25, 2014 –  As co-chair of the Trade Secrets Sub-Committee. André Castaybert introduced the trade secrets panel at the New York State Bar Association Intellectual Property Fall Meeting focusing on the protection of trade secrets from industrial espionage and cyber-theft.  The panel featured a presentation by Elizabeth Stan of the FBI and the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive.  Ms. Stan spoke about the current threat to public and private organizations posed by industrial espionage and cyber-theft and strategies to counter this growing threat to corporate trade secrets protection.  In her presentation, she outlined the nature and extent of the threat, reviewed recent cases, explored risk management and corporate counterintelligence strategies, and outlined the ONCIX recommendations to protect trade secrets from industrial espionage.

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CASTAYBERT PLLC counsels clients on matters of trade secret protection and how to prevent disclosure through the use of employment, confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-compete and invention assignment agreements.  The firm has substantial experience enforcing employer and company rights to secure and prevent the wrongful trade secret misappropriation through litigation seeking injunctive relief where appropriate or arbitration if applicable.  The firm’s lawyers have extensive experience working with forensic experts and investigators to determine whether and how confidential or proprietary information has been accessed or misappropriated.  CASTAYBERT PLLC’s lawyers also have extensive experience defending individuals and corporations against wrongful claims of trade secret misappropriation.

To learn more about how CASTAYBERT PLLC assists clients with intellectual property matter, visit the IP practice area on our website here.

 

October 17, 2014 – Having received over 17 thousand views, André Castaybert received “Gold Badges” for his Intellectual Property, Fashion Law and Art Law curated content on Scoop It. He received a “Silver Badge” for his Social Media and E-Commerce curated content.

Using Scoop It, André is able to keep himself and his clients and other followers informed about the very latest news affecting these fast moving industries.

André’s Fashion Scoops now have 66 regular followers as does his IP, Copyright and Advertising content; his Art content has 50 followers and his Social Media and E-Commerce Scoops, which have received about 2 thousand views, have 32 followers.

This link will take you to André’s Scoop It home page.

To learn more about CASTAYBERT PLLC’s IP practice, click here.

To learn more about the firm’s Art Law practice, click here.

To learn more about the firm’s Fashion Law practice, click here.

To learn more about the firm’s work in the are of Social Media and the Law, click here. 

For you to follow developments in Intellectual Property law and business, CASTAYBERT PLLC has created a Scoop It account collecting the most up-do-date news about “IP, Copyright, Trademark, and Advertising” from sources across the Web.

This link will take you directly to André Castaybert’s curated scoops on IP and advertising law and business.

To learn more about CASTAYBERT PLLC’s IP law practice, click here.

October 16, 204 – André Castaybert attended a French-American Chamber of Commerce New York Young Executive Committee event at the Arabesque Lounge in midtown Manhattan.  This was a great opportunity to connect with friends and colleagues and share information about issues that affect professionals in the French business community.

For more information about the French American Chamber of Commerce, visit its website here.

For information about CASTAYBERT PLLC’s work with French clients, click here.

 

October 16, 2014 – For you to follow developments in Intellectual Property law and business, CASTAYBERT PLLC has created a Scoop It account collecting the most up-do-date news about “IP, Copyright, Trademark, and Advertising” from sources across the Web.

This link will take you directly to André Castaybert’s curated scoops on IP and advertising law and business.

To learn more about CASTAYBERT PLLC’s IP law practice, click here.

For you to follow developments in art, gallery, auction and museum law and business news, CASTAYBERT PLLC has created a Scoop It account collecting the most up-do-date news about the art industry from sources across the Web.

This link will take you directly to André Castaybert’s curated scoops on art law and business.

To learn more about CASTAYBERT PLLC’s Art Law practice, click here.

October 15, 2014 – For you to follow developments in art, gallery, auction and museum law and business news, CASTAYBERT PLLC has created a Scoop It account collecting the most up-do-date news about the art industry from sources across the Web.

This link will take you directly to André Castaybert’s curated scoops on art law and business.

To learn more about CASTAYBERT PLLC’s Art Law practice, click here.

October 14, 2014 – André Castaybert will be speaking on December 9, 2014, with other members of the Trademark Committee of the New York City Bar Association on a panel introducing the basics of intellectual property law at the Brooklyn Business and Career Library.  The presentation is being hosted by the Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project (NELP).

NELP was founded by the City Bar Justice Center in 2003 as a community development initiative in recognition of the vital role that entrepreneurs and their businesses play in New York City’s communities.  The project provides pro bono legal assistance to low- to moderate-income micro-entrepreneurs in NYC’s five boroughs who are either starting up or expanding a small business and assists with issues such as corporate formation, drafting contracts, negotiating commercial leases, and protecting intellectual property through copyright, trademark, and patent. Its services include small business legal clinics, legal presentations, and direct pro bono representation. NELP’s purpose is to promote economic self-sufficiency among low- to moderate-income entrepreneurs, by providing them with vital legal assistance they might otherwise go without.

The program is being co-sponsored by the Small Business Development Center at New York City Technical College, one of 24 campus-based regional centers of the New York State Small Business Development Center.  It provides expert management and technical assistance to start-up and existing businesses located in Brooklyn.  The SBDC focuses on projects that advance job development, investment, and economic growth opportunities for the local community and emphasizes services to women, veterans, people with special needs, and minority clients. Its vision is to create economic sustainability for all New Yorkers – one business at a time.

The program is also being co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Business & Career Library, which is part of the Brooklyn Public Library and provides extensive resources and various programs that focus on topics of interest to small businesses. The library helps entrepreneurs to conduct business research and provides access to trade journals, newspapers, market demographics, company directories, and industry information. It also provides additional counseling and training for a variety of business-related topics.

To learn more about CASTAYBERT PLLC’s Intellectual Property practice, click here.

To learn more about CASTAYBERT PLLC’s Pro Bono practice, click here. 

 

October 9, 2014 – André Castaybert attended the latest in the series of programs sponsored by the French and Italian chambers of commerce exploring trends, opportunities and challenges of luxury brands in France, Italy and The U.S.  The topic on October 9 was “Luxury Talent Management: The Greatest Challenge for the Next Decade?”

Panelists included Michael Boroian, Managing Partner and founder of Sterling International, Alberto Festa, President of Bulgari USA, and Alexandra de Rancogne, Senior Director of Human Resources for Christian Dior Inc.  They identified the major trends in talent management, retention and leadership that exist specifically within the luxury industry. The panel explored how this industry functions, who it attracts, and what types of critical competencies are most valued. They also provided concrete insights into what it takes to succeed in the luxury industry.

For more information about the French-American Chamber of Commerce, visit their website, here.

To learn more about CASTAYBERT PLLC’s Fashion Law practice, click here.

 

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