Intellectual Property

Ex-Troll Returns, Wearing White Hat & Targeting Drug Companies

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

How Due Diligence Analysis Drives a Negotiation

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

Differing IP Enforcement on Three Continents

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

Tweak In Copyright Law Will Allow Tinkering With Car Software

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

Pirate Gets Jail Time

A man who ran a website that was the second-largest music piracy cyberlocker in the U.S. has been sentenced to […]

YouTube Backs Creators Lawsuits

YouTube has said it will back up its creators under fire for copyright infringement, pledging to pay court costs in […]

Can USPTO Process Patent No. 10,000,000?

In the not-too-distant future, the USPTO will award its 10 millionth patent, necessitating an additional eighth digit to utility patent […]

“Porno-Trolling” Lawyer Could Get Disbarred

A lawyer in Minneapolis faces possible disbarment or “otherwise appropriate discipline” for, among other things, filing numerous John Doe copyright […]

Anne Frank and Novel Copyright Challenges

Under European law, the copyright for Anne Frank’s diary is due to expire Jan. 1, 2016, 70 years after she […]

Taylor Swift ‘Shakes Off’ Copyright Suit

Musician Jessie Braham, who claimed Taylor Swift lifted lyrics from him for her 2014 single, “Shake It Off,” can “never, […]

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