Intellectual Property

Size Matters Before The ITC, But It’s Relative

The U.S. International Trade Commission will consider whether the complainant’s investment in the IP at issue is “significant,” but it provides no formula for determining significance…

Information Management During Company Shakeups

Managing IP information when corporate partnerships are dissolved or employees depart.

Big Time Anti-Troll Litigation: Google Sues Company Funded By Apple, Microsoft

Google has filed a complaint claiming that an Apple-backed company, Rockstar Consortium, has “placed a cloud” on its Android platform […]

FBI Agent Copyrights Secret Interrogation Manual, Makes It Public

The FBI fought a protracted battle with the ACLU to keep information on tactics it uses in interrogation from being […]

Why Inter Partes Review Took Off In 2013

Inter Partes review proceedings (IPR) delivered on their promise to change the face of patent litigation, but few could have […]

Consider Internal Issues Before Litigating IP

IP litigation is resource intensive and a potential distraction from the revenue-generating business, and should not be entered into lightly. […]

Willful Infringement of Copyright in Haitian Earthquake Photographs Cost AFP and Getty $1.2 Million

A federal jury in New York has found Agence France-Presse and Getty Images Inc. willful in their infringement of Daniel Morel’s copyrights in eight photographs of the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and ordered them to pay damages of $1.2 million.

Cyber Law Tracker: Cybersquatting Ruling in the Ninth Circuit

A recent Ninth Circuit ruling should provide much comfort to registrars sued for contributory cybersquatting.

Faked LinkedIn Profile and Twitter Hash Tags Give Rise to Trademark and False Advertising Claims

A recent opinion from the Western District of Virginia sets forth a useful framework for analyzing a variety of Lanham Act claims based on false commercial speech uttered in social media.

Native Tribes’ Sovereign Immunity Extends To Infringement Suits

Two district court decisions have held the Native American tribal organizations have sovereign immunity from infringement lawsuits, even for activities […]

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