Intellectual Property

Columnist George Will Tackles The “Disparagement Clause”

January 19, 2017

One clause in a 1946 law gives the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office the power to deny protection to “immoral, deceptive or scandalous…

Big Batteries Could Shake Up Power Industry

January 17, 2017

Two electrical power crises in California have nurtured a fledgling big battery industry, which could solve some of the most…

Mermaid Blankets At Heart Of Multi-Million Dollar Battle

January 13, 2017

In less than a year, Hattie Peze turned a design for a blanket designed to wrap around the legs and […]

Two Long-Awaited Patent Reforms Seen Likely Under Trump

January 12, 2017

The President-elect has talked about a lot of things that will be, or might be, or could be, addressed during […]

Jury To Decide Star Trek Fan Movie Case

January 5, 2017

Though Paramount Pictures and CBS appear to have scored a major victory in their copyright suit over an online movement […]

Family Of Face-Time Car Crash Victim Sues Apple

January 4, 2017

On Christmas Eve 2014, a Texas man who was using Apple’s Face-Time chatting app while driving crashed into another car, […]

Run-DMC Files $50M Infringement Suit Against Walmart, Amazon

January 4, 2017

Iconic rap group Run-DMC has filed a lawsuit against Walmart, Amazon, Jet and others for more than $50 million, claiming […]

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 […]

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