Intellectual Property Law Clinic ready to go
The University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and University of Windsor Faculty of Law will launch their joint International Intellectual Property Law Clinic on Wednesday, Jan. 11 at Detroit Mercy Law, 651 East Jefferson Ave. in Detroit.
The event, scheduled from noon to 2 p.m., will be held in the school’s atrium.
Leaders of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office will join IP attorneys from both countries along with faculty, students and alumni to discuss collaborations between the schools and the countries’ IP offices.
The clinic provides students with applied knowledge of intellectual property law in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
It is currently developing additional international collaborative programs, according to school officials.
Registration can be completed at lawschool.udmercy.edu.
For more information, contact Assistant Dean Denise Hickey at hickeydp@udmercy.edu. or call 313.596.0202.
High court to consider forfeiture dispute in drug case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will decide whether a Tennessee man convicted for his role selling iodine water purification filters to methamphetamine makers can be required to forfeit nearly $70,000 in profits.
The justices said last Friday they will hear an appeal from Terry Honeycutt, who helped sell more than 20,000 filters at his brother’s Chattanooga hardware store.
Prosecutors said police warned the brothers that the iodine was used by local meth cooks.
Honeycutt’s brother pleaded guilty and agreed to forfeit $200,000 of the $270,000 in profits.
But Terry Honeycutt argued that he shouldn’t have to forfeit the rest since he didn’t personally see any profits.
A federal district court sided with Honeycutt, but a federal appeals court reversed, saying everyone who joins a drug conspiracy can be required to give up profits.
City law may be outdated in age of online rentals
TRAVERSE CITY (AP) — Some officials in Traverse City say home rental policies in the popular tourist town might need to be revised to adapt to the era of easy online lodging.
Airbnb.com and other online services can quickly turn empty rooms into cash for property owners. But officials note that Traverse City puts limits on lodging and requires permits.
Some residents are concerned that neighborhoods could suffer if people convert properties into “cash cows.”
So-called tourist homes are allowed in neighborhoods when the owner is present. But they must be licensed and can’t be within 1,000 feet of another tourist home.
City planning commissioners are asking if the 17-year-old ordinance needs a rewrite, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported Sunday. Commissioner Janet Fleshman said it’s important to get public opinion.
Marta Turnbull said she’s had hundreds of bookings on Airbnb, offering single rooms or an entire apartment. She said the extra income helps.
“I enjoy being an Airbnb host because it gives me an opportunity to be an ambassador for this area,” Turnbull said. “I welcome people into my home, I share conversations with them, I share meals with them and I get to create these really curated experiences of Traverse City.”
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