Intellectual Property

SCOTUS: ‘Good Faith Belief’ Not An IP Infringement Defense

A patent infringer’s contention that it believed the patent at issue was invalid is not a defense, the Supreme Court […]

New Copyright Issues With Video-Streaming Apps

Increasingly popular apps that allow people to live stream virtually whatever they can see have created some copyright issues, at […]

Feds Want Biker Gang's Trademark Back

A case soon to be argued in a Los Angeles courtroom pits The Mongols Nation against the federal government. The […]

Coming Soon: Self-Regulatory Industry Privacy Rules

The privacy and transparency rules developed by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) go into effect on September 1. They will […]

Federal Circuit Poised To Overturn Morality Standard

Rooster-shaped lollipops that were branded – you guessed it – cock suckers, were denied a trademark in 2012 because the […]

Federal Charges For Photobucket Hackers

Two men who allegedly developed and sold a software application that allowed users to dodge privacy settings on the Photobucket […]

Patent Fee-Shifting Trends, Post-Octane

In the 10 months that have passed since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Octane Fitness, there has been a significant […]

Can Hashtags Be Trademarked?

The USPTO has determined that a hashtag may be registerable, but only if it functions as an identifier of the […]

Study Finds High Cost Of Troll Defense

A San Francisco-based patent risk management services company has released a study that finds the total cost of defending against non-practicing entities in 2014 was $2.2 billion.

Proposed Patent Legislation: A Roundup

Patent reform may be the new normal for the U.S. Congress, patent attorney Gene Quinn writes at IP Watchdog. There […]

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