Intellectual Property

Trade Secret Protection Plans: Guarding Against IP Theft

January 22, 2014

The IP threat is coming from inside the company: Perry Viscounty, partner at Latham & Watkins, offers advice on how companies can preemptively protect themselves.

IP Protection in Emerging Markets

January 22, 2014

Sourcing and production overseas has increased certain kinds of risks to intellectual property, among them the risk of counterfeit components […]

District Judge: IP Address Not Enough To Prove Infringement

January 22, 2014

A Washington district judge has held that merely identifying an IP address does not provide enough evidence for copyright holders, […]

Three Ways to Challenge a Patent: Pros and Cons

January 22, 2014

When a party challenging a patent decides to litigate, it enters a process that allows extensive discovery, for better or […]

Employer Held Liable For Accessing Data In The Cloud

January 20, 2014

An employer who copied an employee’s personal client list, stored in the cloud, and then fired the employee and used […]

Slick Legal Move Keeps Beatles Bootlegs Secret

January 20, 2014

A bootleg recording containing 59 unheard outtakes from The Beatles’ 1963 recording session was set to have copyright expire this […]

Supreme Court to Consider Legal Standard for Patent Indefiniteness

January 16, 2014

The Supreme Court will review the legal standard for holding a patent claim invalid as indefinite.

The High Price of Challenging a Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Decision in District Court

January 16, 2014

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia held, for the first time, that any applicant who appeals a USPTO decision must pay all of the PTO’s expenses for the proceeding.

The Year Ahead in Patent Law

January 16, 2014

Patent reform initiatives currently proposed would represent dramatic and significant changes to the patent landscape in 2014.

IP Rights Are Wildcard In Cross-Border Transactions

January 16, 2014

Despite efforts at global harmonization, decentralized global IP laws necessitate a familiarity with local laws that often can only be […]

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