Intellectual Property
An appeals court recently threw out rulings that would have awarded Patent licensing firm VirnetX Holding Corp. millions in damages […]
The Copyright Office’s Copyright Compendium, effective Dec. 2014, includes helpful guidance regarding website and website content, including authorship of a site, though Mark Sableman with Thompson Coburn LLP says other notable areas – fair use and implied license – are nearly ignored.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas turned to patent law for guidance in assessing post-verdict royalty fees to compensate damage resulting from trade secret misappropriation.
A recent federal court case that found an inventor engaged in material misconduct in an attempt to deceive the USPTO reveals several ways attorneys can avoid behavior resulting in such a finding, including verifying facts and arguments on prior art.
The passage of the America Invents Act, and with it the advent of “first-to-file,” has introduced a new wrinkle into […]
A patent lawsuit pitting Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen against AOL, Apple, Google and Yahoo was partially revived this week The […]
Under pressure from European regulators, the FCC is likely to continue increasing enforcement actions under the European Union’s Privacy Directive […]
One derelict franchisor continued operating “Master Softee” ice cream trucks, in violation of his agreement with, and several court orders enacted on behalf of, the Mister Softee ice cream company.
Even if you have your eye on a trademark from a public domain creative work, don’t assume it’s available for use and registration as a trademark.
In a patent application, writes Brinks Gilson & Lione attorney Michael Gzybowski, there is an important distinction between meeting the […]
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