Litigation

A Slow Year For Patent Litigation

A measly 981 patent infringement cases were filed in U.S. district courts during the last quarter of 2017. The 4,057 […]

Claiming “Right to Repair,” Farmers Hack Their John Deere Tractors

Big farm equipment now runs run on embedded software which the manufacturer owns and only the dealership has the equipment […]

You Just Discovered You’re Repping A Ponzi Scheme

There are few risk management problems potentially more catastrophic than this one, whether the issue is a Ponzi scheme or […]

Chevron Sues A Brother Oil Company In Global Warming Fracas

The logic is unusual, but it’s logic just the same. Chevron has filed a third-party lawsuit against Statoil ASA, the […]

Airline’s Uniform Manufacturer Faces Multiple Lawsuits

Their uniforms make them sick, say American Airlines flight attendants. The airline has chosen a new supplier, but lawsuits in […]

New EU Data Protection Will Conflict With IP Rights

The Pending EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will directly impact many U.S. companies, and for IP practitioners in particular it will…

KFC Franchisee Can Sell Halal Chicken, But He Can’t Advertise It

The court parsed the franchise contract and concluded that a Kentucky Fried Chicken franchisee loses his bid to continue advertising […]

EU High Court Rules Against Facebook

The EU’s highest court has ruled that Facebook must defend its privacy policy against a consumer lawsuit in an Austrian […]

Lloyds Chief Says Cyberhacks Now Bigger Risk Than Weather

Cyber attacks have overtaken natural disasters as the biggest category of risk for insurers, according to the CEO of Lloyds […]

Cyber Protection Tip: Voice Recognition Is Safer Than Passwords

This post from IT Security Guru points to research that finds 61 percent of fraud losses from account takeovers involve […]

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