Intellectual Property

IP Licensing and Antitrust: The DOJ/FTC Guidelines

January 3, 2017

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

January 3, 2017

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

December 26, 2016

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

December 19, 2016

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

December 15, 2016

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

December 12, 2016

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

December 12, 2016

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

December 8, 2016

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

December 8, 2016

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

December 6, 2016

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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