Intellectual Property

A Trip Through Disney’s Weird Patents

The Walt Disney Company is struggling in its tv entertainment business but appears to be doing well nonetheless, as it […]

The past year wasn’t a great one for patents, argues Georgetown Center for Business and Public Policy Director Larry Downes. […]

A flood of patent infringement suits hit the courts in advance of a Dec 1 rules of civil procedure change […]

The plaintiff, a man disabled from polio, says his design for a wheelchair-accessible three-wheeled motorcycle was ripped off by the […]

The U.S. patent system “is very dynamic,” and the PTO is trying to improve patent quality, and pursue changes to […]

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals will consider whether TVEyes, a TV and radio clipping service, has the right to […]

Erich Spangenberg, who has been called a notorious patent troll, and J. Kyle Bass, who made his fortune as a […]

Due diligence allows parties to a negotiation the opportunity to drive the assigned value of assets up or down. Confidential, […]

In the United States, the America Invents Act has created new options for IP enforcement through post-grant proceedings at the […]

Volkswagen aside, a number of constituencies have their own reasons for wanting to modify car software. So called “white-hat” hackers […]