Intellectual Property

What The Free Trade Battle Is Really About

Passage of the Pacific free trade agreement now appears likely, with many wondering what all the discord was about. The […]

SCOTUS Hands Marvel Patent Royalty Victory

In a case centered on a toy that lets kids shoot “webs” from their hands like Marvel’s Spider Man, the […]

Does USPTO’s Orphan Works Report Double Down On Problem?

The USPTO is taken to task by TechDirt editor Mike Masnick for its recent report on so-called orphan works – […]

Is Global Patent Leadership Shifting To Europe?

Joff Wild, writing on the IAM (Intellectual Asset Management) blog makes the case that the center of gravity for intellectual […]

Unitary Patent Coming to Europe

With the introduction of the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC), envisaged for 2016, Europe will have a […]

Canadian BBC Show's Copyright Case Goes Before CA Court

A $5 million lawsuit against BBC America’s “Orphan Black” television show will be heard in California. Plaintiff Stephen Hendricks had […]

Nike Settles With Designers Accused Of Stealing Secrets

Nike Inc. has settled a lawsuit it filed against three former shoe designers, who it claimed had stolen secrets and […]

".Sucks" Has Extended Its Registration Period

Vox Populi, administrator of .sucks domain, has extended the “sunrise period” deadline for registration. There is speculation that a rush […]

Big Win For Anti-GMO Farmers In Oregon

The judge said that although that law might preclude a GMO ban on the basis of “a suburbanite’s sensitivities,” this case was different…

Legal Issues Affecting Generic Drugs

Inter partes review has emerged as a useful tool for generic pharmaceutical companies to supplement litigation, generic filers IPRs also have downsides…

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