Intellectual Property
Now-defunct email service Lavabit’s defense claiming that providing unencrypted missives to the court violates privacy was not as compelling to […]
U.S. and European antitrust agencies are likely to continue to focus on intellectual property, financial services and pharmaceuticals in 2014.
Last summer a jury found that the Apple and Sega Genesis source codes were “substantially similar,” and therefore EA had infringed Antonick’s copyright. However, last week, a California Federal District Court overturned the verdict and granted EA’s motions for judgment as a matter of law and for a new trial.
An Appeals Court ruled that the unauthorized distribution of a recording and transcript of a company’s earnings call was allowed as copyright fair use, opening the door for news organizations and other services to redistribute and sell companies’ earnings call information to customers and the public.
Small patent-assertion firm Vringo scored a victory in court against Google this week that could be worth hundreds of millions. […]
Apple was awarded a patent this week for a solar-charged laptop. The patent describes a two-sided display for the lid […]
Last week the Supreme Court unanimously reversed the Federal Circuit, in Medtronic Inc.v. Mirowski Family Ventures LLC. That that may […]
Blocking a major hub for illegally-uploaded material has not deterred internet users in the Netherlands from finding that material elsewhere, […]
An American venture capital firm finds itself a defendant in a $450 million lawsuit for backing a Vietnamese website that […]
With external pressure being put on some engineers to stage a patent strike within their organizations, in-house counsel may have their hands full convincing engineers to file patents. Sarah Mirza with Fenwick & West LLP has recommendations for how lead engineers through the patent process.
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