Intellectual Property

Start-Ups Are Skipping NDAs When Pitching Investors

It used to be common practice, but now it’s rare for an entrepreneur to request, or for a funder to […]

Apple Loses Preliminary Chinese Patent Infringement Ruling Over “Siri”

A Beijing court ruled this week that Chinese company Zhizhen Network Technology Co. can pursue a patent infringement lawsuit against […]

Supreme Court Aereo Case And Determining “The Volitional Actor”

The Supreme Court’s ruling against Aereo last week adds one more element to the already-long list of ad hoc determinations […]

Google Helps Goldman Sachs Avoid Massive Data Breach From Errant Email

A Goldman Sachs contractor sent off an email containing “highly confidential brokerage account information” to the wrong address, but Google […]

Judge to Apple: Find Another Word For “Trolls”

In a patent infringement case filed by GPNE Corp., U.S. district judge Lucy Koh, who has overseen three major trials […]

Craft Beer Naming Frenzy Bumping Into Copyright

The meteoric rise of craft beers has meant a corresponding rise in the number of craft beer names, and with […]

Cybersecurity Poses Hydra-Like Challenge To Corporate America

Cybersecurity burst onto the scene as a major concern in 2013, and going forward companies must prepare for an even […]

Congress Ponders Civil Law Remedy For Trade Secret Theft

Trade secret theft is a growing problem, write Covington & Burling attorneys Richard Hertling and Aaron Cooper, and legislation currently […]

Trade Dress and the Functionality Doctrine: At the Intersection of Trademark and Patent Law

A recent case concerning a pixel pattern used on medical supplies hinged on whether or not the pattern was functional, and therefore not protectable as trade dress.

Software and Trade Secrets: Rethinking IP Strategies after CLS v. Alice

In light of recent court decisions, most notably the Supreme Court’s narrowing of software patent eligibility, software innovators may find that, in some cases, trade secret law now offers the best method for protecting proprietary software advancements.

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