Intellectual Property

3 Wins In A Week For Apple, But No End In Sight

In the continuing IP battle among top players in the iPhone market, Apple will benefit from one ITC order and […]

The Present and Future of Digital Copyright

A task force convened by the U.S. Department of Commerce has released “the most thorough and comprehensive analysis of digital […]

A Drafting Lesson From Judge Plager

Federal Circuit Judge S. Jay Plager lambasts drafting styles that are larded with…

South Korean Government Objects To Obama ITC Reversal

“Concerns about the negative impact that such a decision would have on the protection of patent rights.”

Facebook’s New Photo-As-Comment Feature Will Raise IP And Ownership Questions

Facebook now permits users to upload photos as comments on the status messages of others. Those photos could be third party images. Is this “fair use”?

Patent Troll Myths?

The writer looks at what he characterizes as pervasive media-hyped myths about non-practicing entities.

Ferment In TV-Media Industries Continues With Two Appeals Court Actions

Last week the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit  held that Dish Network, with its line of digital video […]

The Troll Speaks

Is he sticking up for the little guy or muscling a settlement where there is no case? A New York […]

Is “Happy Birthday” Under Copyright?

Music publisher Warner Chappel says that it acquired the rights to “Happy Birthday to You” in a 1998 purchase, and […]

Induced Infringement Now Harder to Prove

An induced-infringement claim may arise, for example, when a company sells a product  which then gets used to implement a […]

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