Intellectual Property

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 […]

Two Long-Awaited Patent Reforms Seen Likely Under Trump

The President-elect has talked about a lot of things that will be, or might be, or could be, addressed during […]

Jury To Decide Star Trek Fan Movie Case

Though Paramount Pictures and CBS appear to have scored a major victory in their copyright suit over an online movement […]

Family Of Face-Time Car Crash Victim Sues Apple

On Christmas Eve 2014, a Texas man who was using Apple’s Face-Time chatting app while driving crashed into another car, […]

Run-DMC Files $50M Infringement Suit Against Walmart, Amazon

Iconic rap group Run-DMC has filed a lawsuit against Walmart, Amazon, Jet and others for more than $50 million, claiming […]

IP Licensing and Antitrust: The DOJ/FTC Guidelines

Licensing intellectual property can have an “anti-competitive” effect, but not necessarily. How does a company, whether potential plaintiff or defendant […]

Recent Scrutiny of Non-Competes

Federal and state enforcement agencies, historically, have stayed out of regulating non-compete agreements. But a recent uptick in enforcement activity […]

Alibaba Has A Counterfeiting Problem

American trade officials added Alibaba Group’s online shopping bazaar to their list of the world’s most notorious markets for counterfeit […]

Big Studios Shut Down Movie-Filtering Service

Major Hollywood studios have succeeded in shutting down, temporarily at least, a Utah-based service that allows users to stream “cleaned-up” […]

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