JD Supra Morning Brief: Did Tim Trademark “Tebowing”? Are Your Genes Private? Did Your Doctor Get Contaminated Medicine?

Tricked by Sandy into a postponed Halloween? Here’s one treat you can count on: the JD Supra Morning Brief. For your reading pleasure: 

So the first-sale doctrine says I can sell this book I bought in France, but copyright law says I can’t? Gee, I wish the Supreme Court would step in… (Bloomberg Law) 

Is Tim Tebow trying to trademark his signature move? Nah - just the word “Tebowing” (Foley Hoag) 

Privacy protections of genomic data – information gathered from the sequencing of complete genomes for medical purposes – needs to catch up with technological advances in the area (Foley & Lardner) 

Did your healthcare provider receive contaminated products from New England Compounding Center? Check the FDA’s list (King & Spalding) 

Ninth Circuit to Best Buy: your robocalls aren’t informational, they’re illegal (Venable) 

Q: When is a “workweek” spread across two consecutive weeks? A: When an employer wants to reduce overtime costs (and yes, it’s perfectly legal) (Foley & Lardner) 

According to one Oxford economics professor, the Kyoto Protocol has actually increased global greenhouse gas emissions (Lewis & Roca) 

Implementation of the JOBS Act marches on (Poyner Spruill) 

Judge Jed Rakoff thinks the federal sentencing guidelines for white collar crimes are unfair, and he’s not afraid to say so (Ifrah Law) 

The Superstorm has passed, and the cleanup begins. Are you covered? (K&L Gates) (Reed Smith) 

Secret “dark pool” trader not very good at keeping secrets after all (Proskauer) 

Lest we forget: “what really matters is relationship. It’s about making and sustaining connections with other humans, with other species, and even nature itself.” (McKenna Long & Aldridge) 

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