Intellectual Property

Troll Insurance For A Novel Target: Advertisers

The Association of National Advertisers has launched an insurance product that is intended to protect national advertisers from infringement claims […]

Trump’s Trademark Trumps His Business Savvy

Increasingly, Donald Trump’s fortune has been more reliant on harnessing his celebrity brand than the business strategy – risking capital […]

Apple's 'Slide to Unlock' Patent Invalidated By German Court

Germany’s highest appeals court confirmed a 2013 ruling that rejected Apple Inc.’s attempt to patent its “slide to unlock” smartphone […]

Examiner Bilks USPTO

An unnamed patent examiner who logged low performance evaluations and had a handful of reprimands was also falsifying time records, […]

City Can't Copyright Council Meetings

A federal court in California has ruled that the city of Inglewood can’t use copyright law to shut down a […]

Statistics Show IPRs Favor Patent Challenges

The America Invents Act of 2012 introduced Inter Partes review as a new way to challenge the validity of patents […]

Troll’s Case Can Continue With Stringent Conditions

Maryland judge James Bredar will allow Malibu Media – which filed more than 1,100 copyright lawsuits in 2013 – to […]

The Unstoppable (Mostly) Michael Jordan IP Machine

“He’s a living example of an excellently marketed sports personality, whose retirement has done little to curb the global enforcement […]

Michael Jordan, China, and Copyright Problems Overseas

The copyright challenge that many companies face in China is illustrated by Qiaodan, a company that makes shoes that look […]

'Big Pimpin' Copyright Case To Feature Jay-Z

Jay-Z’s 1997 smash hit, “Big Pimpin,” has been the source of one of the longest-running lawsuits in the U.S., and […]

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