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Sustainable Sites Initiative Lawsuit is a Cautionary Tale

In an all-out brawl within the environmental industrial complex, last week the American Society of Landscape Architects filed a lawsuit over the ownership of the trademark for the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) against the Lady Bird Johnson Wildlife Center at the University of Texas. The complaint is a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of not having a written agreement between partners or otherwise to protect valuable intellectual property.… Continue Reading

Green Regulation Not Set in Stone

Green Building Law Update came across an interesting lawsuit in Texas challenging a green cement regulation.  First, here’s a little background on green cement regulations:  Green cement resolutions put pressure on wet kiln operators to either update their smog-causing pollution controls to the level of dry kilns, or replace their wet kilns with new dry … Continue Reading
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