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Cardinal Change In MOD Requires Competition

Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 08.23.04

Continuing a recent trend of success by bid protesters in the Court of Federal Claims, in CW Gov't Travel, Inc. v. U.S. (Aug. 3, 2004), the court agreed that a modification to an existing contract of a competitor called for services outside the general scope of the original contract and that the work had to be competed. The protester attained this relief even though the mod had been effected a year previously.

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Client Alert | 8 min read | 12.10.25

Creativity You Can Use: CJEU Clarifies Copyright for Applied Art

On 4 December 2025, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) issued a landmark judgment in the joined cases C-580/23 (Mio v. Asplund) and C-795/23 (USM v. Konektra) concerning copyright protection for “works of applied art” (i.e., utilitarian objects such as tables, furniture, lighting fixtures, sofas, chairs, kitchen appliances, vases, and fashion items)....