Intellectual Property

Make Your Opponent Pay Your Attorney Fees

November 11, 2015

In a unanimous ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court in the Octane Fitness case made it easier for courts to make […]

California Most Inventive State, Patent Stats Indicate

November 9, 2015

More non-design patents are filed in California than the next four states – Texas, New York, Massachusetts and Washington – […]

Kardashians Sued Over Kardashian Video Game

November 5, 2015

Video game development company Kung Fu Factory has filed a $10 million lawsuit against the Kardashian family, claiming they prepared […]

SCOTUS Could Make It Easier To Get Enhanced Damages For Infringement

November 4, 2015

The Supreme Court has accepted two cases that could end up lowering the bar to getting enhanced damages for infringement […]

PTAB Says “Covered Business Method” Review Not Just For Financial Industry

November 4, 2015

A recent decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board appears to indicate that covered business method review is available for more patents than those particularly targeting large financial institutions and industries.

NFL Player Takes On FanDuel

November 3, 2015

National Football League wide receiver Pierre Garcon has filed a putative class action lawsuit against fantasy football betting site FanDuel.com, […]

Parody Entitled To Copyright Protection

November 3, 2015

Playwright Jamie Keeling, who scripted a parody stage adaptation of the 1991 film Point Break, is suing the production company […]

Judiciary Committee Wants Software Copyright Report

October 28, 2015

At the end of a speech to the American Intellectual Property Law Association, US Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante revealed […]

Copyright Exemption Okayed For Car Hack Research

October 28, 2015

The U.S. Copyright Office has issued a clarification that exempts researchers and “white hat” hackers from some provisions of the […]

Copyright Office Okays TV Hacking

October 27, 2015

Owners of Smart TVs can legally hack into their systems to install improvements after the U.S. Copyright Office exempted such […]

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