Intellectual Property
A district court in Michigan has rejected an IP expert’s invalidity opinion, after finding that the expert had spent only […]
The ranking of top corporate patent recipients remained unchanged in 2014, with IBM once again on top. IBM also became […]
It could be 2016 before it’s fully implemented, but it sounds like the kind of change that will affect strategies […]
MGM has decided to drop its copyright case against Universal over a project with similarities to the James Bond franchise. […]
In a speech last month before the National Press Club, FTC commissioner Julie Brill announced the agency was currently in […]
The rapidly evolving commercial marijuana business has begun to see trade secret claims (re: “propagation” and “lighting protocol,” among other […]
Manuel Noriega is the former military general and dictator of Panama, former CIA asset and former U.S. ally, who was […]
From Baker & McKenzie, a set of international IP law maps that provide an overview of the state of the […]
The Business Court has been tough on plaintiffs making trade secrets claims, including a recent case wherein “customer lists, pricing information, transaction histories, key contacts, and customer leads” were deemed insufficiently detailed to be counted as trade secrets.
The truth is that patent trolls have been around since the advent of the patent system in the U.S., says Jason Schwent with Thompson Coburn LLP, and that longevity has much to do with the legitimate purposes they can serve and the positive role they can play.
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