Intellectual Property

Nike Settles With Designers Accused Of Stealing Secrets

June 10, 2015

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

June 9, 2015

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

June 5, 2015

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

June 4, 2015

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

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

June 3, 2015

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

June 3, 2015

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

May 28, 2015

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

May 27, 2015

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

May 14, 2015

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

Federal Charges For Photobucket Hackers

May 14, 2015

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

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