Litigation

SCOTUS Won’t Sanction Lawyer For Jargon-Packed Filing

The Supreme Court said this week it won’t sanction a Foley & Lardner partner for filing a cert petition filled […]

No Product Confusion? No Trademark Case

When a California winery attempted to block a Canadian company’s similar trademark for an apple juice product- both marks included […]

AT&T’s Lawyers Miss Deadline, Can’t Appeal $40M Patent Suit

Lawyers for AT&T missed a deadline and will not be able to appeal a $40 million verdict in a case […]

Stanford Ponzi Scheme Ensnares Golf Channel

The Golf Channel once received a hefty advertising and sponsorship fee – $5.9 million -from Stanford International Bank, likely because […]

Summary List Of Supreme Court IP Cases

A compilation of granted certiorari petitions in cases that deal with patent law issues, in reverse chronological order from the present going back several years.

Courts: ‘Gay’ No Longer Slander

Courts nationwide are deciding that falsely claiming someone is gay is not slander, a reflection on changing attitudes toward homosexuality. […]

Strategic Retreat By The FDA

A more “closely calibrated” approach to general wellness and other kinds of low-risk products and devices.

Fallout From The “Blurred Lines” Decision

While he music industry may have to re-evaluate concepts like “influence,” and “transformative” in the context of fair use, it also raises questions that go beyond the music industry – about, for example…

When Compliance Officers Can Be Whistleblowers

The bounty program under Dodd-Frank rewards whistleblowers who provide information that leads to an SEC enforcement action that totals more […]

College Athlete Suit Hits Appeals Court

This week a group of athletes challenging their role as unpaid student-athletes in the NCAA’s billion-dollar college sports complex will […]

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