Intellectual Property

The Inscrutable Algorithm, Under Fire

The problem with machine-generated algorithms is they “somehow seem to absorb the bias around them…”

China Stole This U.S. Company’s IP The Old-Fashioned Way

The Chinese wind turbine company Sinovel managed to come up with some software that had been developed by a U.S.-based […]

Some PTAB Procedural Decisions Can Be Appealed

In January 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its en banc decision in Wi-Fi […]

Does Your Boss Own Your Brain?

Today, many employment agreements, particularly in the tech industry, include a clause assigning to an employer all discoveries, improvements, ideas, […]

Domestic “AK-47,” Made In FLA, Evades Sanctions

The best-known product of Kalishnikov, one of the strongest brands in the world, is the iconic AK-47 automatic rifle, widely […]

Online Linking Can Be Copyright Infringement, Judge Rules

A federal Judge in New York has ruled that an embedded Tweet can be a copyright infringement, rejecting the theory […]

Best Practices For Protecting Trade Secrets

The threat of losing confidential information through targeted cyber-attacks by outsiders is real, but the more likely culprits are a […]

The Annual Super Bowl Trademark Party

The NFL has its IP wrapped up tight and it doesn’t suffer meddlers lightly, although it’s loosened up a bit […]

Claiming “Right to Repair,” Farmers Hack Their John Deere Tractors

Big farm equipment now runs run on embedded software which the manufacturer owns and only the dealership has the equipment […]

New EU Data Protection Will Conflict With IP Rights

The Pending EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will directly impact many U.S. companies, and for IP practitioners in particular it will…

Daily Updates

Sign up for our free daily newsletter for the latest news and business legal developments.

Scroll to Top