Intellectual Property

Hackers Who Could Eavesdrop Through Your Phone

The code enabled a complete takeover of an iPhone – e-mail, Internet use, keystrokes, Skype chats – and could even turn on a microphone so conversations could be monitored. It would even shut itself off…

Samsung May See $399M Fine Reduced

In a unanimous decision this week, the Supreme Court ruled that Samsung may not have to pay all of the […]

TTAB Won’t Register A “Trimming Machine” For Pot

The agricultural machine, used “for trimming leaves, plants, flowers and buds” of cannabis, was deemed not eligible for a trademark […]

Patent Fight Begins Over Revolutionary Biotechnology

A gene-editing technology called CRISPR-cas9 could revolutionize medicine and agriculture, and b­­­­e worth billions. But a major question remains: who […]

An Unwelcome IP Issue Lurking For Law Firms

Many firms have contracted with vendors to develop logos, themes, websites, brochures or other things that qualify as intellectual property. […]

Patent or Trade Secret?

In recent years patent law has undergone drastic change, but trade secret law has also changed substantially. The enactment of […]

The Turtles Nail SiriusXM On Pre-1972 Copyright Rules

In a closely-watched copyright case, members of the 1960s band The Turtles have settled with SiriusXM in lawsuits claiming the […]

Can The ITC Police Foreign Trade Secret Violations?

The Supreme Court has been asked by a Chinese company to take a case that will test the jurisdiction of […]

Legal Hurdle Cleared In “We Shall Overcome” Copyright Case

A New York federal judge rejected a bid to dismiss the lawsuit over whether the song, “We Shall Overcome” – […]

Fighting the Gray Market in Korea and the U.S.

Both Korea and the United States face an influx of gray market goods (also known as “parallel imports”), but the […]

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