Intellectual Property

Regulators Eye Privacy As New Antitrust Battleground

June 7, 2017

When Andreas Mundt, president of Germany’s antitrust agency, said he was “deeply convinced privacy is a competition issue,” he spoke […]

Patent-Holding Company Fights To Stay In East Texas

June 7, 2017

Neither patent-holding company Uniloc nor Google have ties to the Eastern District of Texas, but Uniloc is fighting hard to […]

CA Ban On Non-Competes Has Exceptions

June 6, 2017

California is widely cited as the prime example of a jurisdiction where, for better or for worse, non-compete agreements are […]

Trade Secret “Inevitable Disclosure” Not Dead Yet

May 31, 2017

Some have assumed that the doctrine of inevitable disclosure was put to rest by the passage of the Defend Trade […]

PayPal Staking Claim On Letter ‘P’

May 25, 2017

Music site Pandora’s new, blue, capital ‘P’ logo “openly mimics” the logo for PayPal, the company wrote in a trademark […]

Online Anonymous Trashing Of Co By Former Employee Upheld In CA

May 24, 2017

A California appeals court has reversed a decision that would have required an online site called Glassdoor to identify someone […]

Father-Son Team Wins $6M Patent Suit Vs Sears

May 24, 2017

The father invented an adjustable locking tool that he called a Bionic Wrench, and he and his son began to […]

It Just Got Easier For Companies To Defend Against Patent Infringement Cases

May 22, 2017

In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court this week found that patent owners may only sue in states where they […]

Non-Competes Said To Cripple Prospects For Workers

May 17, 2017

Non-compete agreements are becoming more widespread and being imposed on a wider range of occupational categories, from sales and technical […]

Avvo Wins Suit Against Site Created To Trick Lawyers

May 17, 2017

This week, Avvo won its lawsuit against hackers and phishers who created a rip-off replica of its site to trick […]

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