Intellectual Property
A recently-filed class-action lawsuit seeks to ride the coattails of the recent decision finding that Samsung violated Apple patents in many of its smart phones, claiming that customers would not have purchased the phones if they knew of the infringement. Whether the courts will accept the notion that the alleged infringement harms consumers remains to be seen.
The Devil Wears Trademark: How The Fashion Industry Has Expanded Trademark Doctrine To Its Detriment
Because its products don’t exactly fit current copyright and patent protection laws, fashion designers are taking to the courts to fight for increased protections for “quasidesigns” – patterns or shapes that walk the line between logos and designs.
In looking to acquire smaller firms, large companies see positives in a healthy backlog of patents. But it may make little sense for startups to make that investment.
Apple Inc. revealed that it has been the target of 100 patent lawsuits over the past three years, which, according […]
Coffee drinkers lined up for hours in L.A. this weekend at ‘Dumb’ Starbucks, a parody coffee shop that looks like […]
Infringers often make use of a patent-holder’s rights in ways that yield no straightforward royalty or lost profit calculation. Infringers […]
Amazon has obtained a patent for what it describes as a “Method and System for Anticipatory Package Shipping.” It involves […]
Twitter has agreed to license more than 900 patents from IBM, to end a legal battle that began when IBM threatened to sue…
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is being accused – again – of shoving out someone integral to the development of a […]
In a California data breach case that could have national implications, the state’s attorney general is suing Kaiser Foundation Health […]
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