Intellectual Property

IP Licensing and Antitrust: The DOJ/FTC Guidelines

Licensing intellectual property can have an “anti-competitive” effect, but not necessarily. How does a company, whether potential plaintiff or defendant […]

Recent Scrutiny of Non-Competes

Federal and state enforcement agencies, historically, have stayed out of regulating non-compete agreements. But a recent uptick in enforcement activity […]

Alibaba Has A Counterfeiting Problem

American trade officials added Alibaba Group’s online shopping bazaar to their list of the world’s most notorious markets for counterfeit […]

Big Studios Shut Down Movie-Filtering Service

Major Hollywood studios have succeeded in shutting down, temporarily at least, a Utah-based service that allows users to stream “cleaned-up” […]

Why A Spoliation Ruling Didn’t Block A $25 Million Verdict

In a case in the Eastern District of Virginia, the court allowed a jury’s findings to stand, denying the defendant’s […]

Patent System For Drugs Gets The NYT Fisheye

Recent cases of drug prices being jacked up for business reasons, not to mention the case of the EpiPen and […]

Hackers Who Could Eavesdrop Through Your Phone

The code enabled a complete takeover of an iPhone – e-mail, Internet use, keystrokes, Skype chats – and could even turn on a microphone so conversations could be monitored. It would even shut itself off…

Samsung May See $399M Fine Reduced

In a unanimous decision this week, the Supreme Court ruled that Samsung may not have to pay all of the […]

TTAB Won’t Register A “Trimming Machine” For Pot

The agricultural machine, used “for trimming leaves, plants, flowers and buds” of cannabis, was deemed not eligible for a trademark […]

Patent Fight Begins Over Revolutionary Biotechnology

A gene-editing technology called CRISPR-cas9 could revolutionize medicine and agriculture, and b­­­­e worth billions. But a major question remains: who […]

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