Intellectual Property
When Monster energy drink sent Victory Energize a cease-and-desist letter, Victory went on the offensive, painting Monster as a “trademark bully” and asking a Court to dismiss, and award legal fees. Steve Baird of Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. outlines the case, and examines whether “bully” is an appropriate claim.
A high-ranking U.S. Patent and Trademark Office official was in Geneva this week for a meeting of the World Intellectual […]
Street artists whose outdoor murals have been used as background for retail ads or re-created on film sets have lawyered […]
An appeals court recently threw out rulings that would have awarded Patent licensing firm VirnetX Holding Corp. millions in damages […]
The Copyright Office’s Copyright Compendium, effective Dec. 2014, includes helpful guidance regarding website and website content, including authorship of a site, though Mark Sableman with Thompson Coburn LLP says other notable areas – fair use and implied license – are nearly ignored.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas turned to patent law for guidance in assessing post-verdict royalty fees to compensate damage resulting from trade secret misappropriation.
A recent federal court case that found an inventor engaged in material misconduct in an attempt to deceive the USPTO reveals several ways attorneys can avoid behavior resulting in such a finding, including verifying facts and arguments on prior art.
The passage of the America Invents Act, and with it the advent of “first-to-file,” has introduced a new wrinkle into […]
A patent lawsuit pitting Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen against AOL, Apple, Google and Yahoo was partially revived this week The […]
Under pressure from European regulators, the FCC is likely to continue increasing enforcement actions under the European Union’s Privacy Directive […]
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