Intellectual Property

Patent Or Trade Secret?

Both patent and trademark law have gone through some drastic changes in recent years, including new kinds of post-issuance proceedings […]

Nike Takes PR Hit When Slashed Shoes Are Found In Trash

A man in a tuxedo, heading for a night out in New York, walked past a dumpster, and a clear […]

Facebook Fined $500M In Virtual Reality Case

Facebook is on the hook for $500 million in damages after a jury found that the social giant’s virtual reality […]

Popular Texas IP Court Threatened By A SCOTUS Case

Rampant venue-shopping in patent infringement cases could become a thing of the past, depending on how the Court rules in […]

RIP Copyright Alert System

When the movie and music industries, along with the White House, rolled out the Copyright Alert System four years ago, […]

Law Firm Can’t Survive Death Of Original Patent Troll

Ray Niro, the intellectual property lawyer who made his name—and earned more than $1 billion in settlements—representing clients suing for […]

What Will AI Do To Financial Markets?

In-depth analysis of risk and promise, based on a survey of industry executives and interviews with legal, industry and academic […]

Avert An Antibiotics Armageddon? Forget The Patent System

Alarmists have been predicting an antibiotic crisis for decades. Now there are indications it has arrived. Without some rapid – […]

Columnist George Will Tackles The “Disparagement Clause”

One clause in a 1946 law gives the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office the power to deny protection to “immoral, deceptive or scandalous…

Mermaid Blankets At Heart Of Multi-Million Dollar Battle

In less than a year, Hattie Peze turned a design for a blanket designed to wrap around the legs and […]

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