Intellectual Property

Critics Slam IP Rules In Pacific Trade Pact

December 23, 2015

In negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), intellectual property provisions are proving to be a major bone of contention. A […]

2016 Trends In Consumer Tech

December 16, 2015

The  Consumer Technology Association, a trade group with more than 2000 members, including Google, Apple and Microsoft, has published “5 […]

A Trip Through Disney’s Weird Patents

December 16, 2015

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

Bum Year For Patents

December 15, 2015

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

Patent Litigation Capital Sets One Month Record

December 15, 2015

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

Angry Inventor Told To Amend “Shotgun” Infringement Claims

December 9, 2015

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

USPTO ‘Not Waiting’ For Congress

December 7, 2015

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

Fair Use Dispute In News Clip Case

December 3, 2015

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

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

December 3, 2015

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

December 1, 2015

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

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