Intellectual Property

$400M Question: Who Invented Post-It Notes?

Industrial giant 3M has been sued by an inventor who claims that he was the inventor of what 3M later […]

Licensee Can Sue For Infringement Without Patent Owner

The Federal Circuit held that a Disney licensee can sue for infringement of the licensed patent – a flame technology […]

Bust For Blackjack Innovator

The USPTO’s denial of a patent on a new way to bet on Blackjack, which required a specific pattern of […]

DC Maintains Copyright Hold On Batmobiles

The Supreme Court this week refused to hear a lawsuit between DC Comics and a mechanic who has been building […]

Billions On The Line In Gene-Editing Patent Case

This week the federal Patent Trial and Appeal Board dove into a biotech case that concerns the fate of billions […]

“Stupid Patent” Award From Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation gives its monthly booby prize in part with an eye toward shining a light on what […]

Confronting Your Digital Estate Plan

Some options are becoming institutionalized, by law and by way of voluntary arrangements through providers, but it’s piecemeal. What’s at […]

New Patent: Links In Emails Become Grist For A Google Algorithm

Google has panted a system called “Encouraging Conversation in a Social Network.” It activates when someone sends an email that […]

Law Students Take Down Monster Beverage

It was an IP version of David versus Goliath. The founder of MonsterFishKeepers.com, one of the largest online forums for […]

Superhero Technology Hits Patent Court

Mova, a technology that captures actors’ facial expressions and tics, and transfers them to animated figures for motion pictures, won […]

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