Intellectual Property

ITC May Provide Remedy For Trade Secret Theft

Trade secret theft by foreign parties has become a massive problem for U.S. companies, but in many cases a solution […]

Supreme Court IP Decisions Roundly Critiqued By Retired Chief Judge Of Federal Circuit

Paul Michel, the former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit…

Monkey’s Selfie Raises Knotty Copyright Issue

A British nature photographer in Indonesia had set up his camera to take pictures…

Internal Procedures and Third Party Agreements Under the Aia

The America Invents Act introduced sweeping changes to patent law in the United States, among them the “first to file” […]

Billionaire Suing Google, Claiming He’s Defamed By Autocomplete Results

A billionaire tycoon has been given the green light to sue Google for the autocomplete results that appear when searching […]

Law Firm Not Kicked Off Tolkien Case, Despite Contention It “Invaded” Attorney-Client Privilege

The law firm Greenberg Glusker may continue to represent the estate of “The Lord of the Rings” author J.R.R. Tolkien […]

USPTO Expands Law School Pro Bono Legal Clinic Program

In a sometimes-anemic job environment for new law grads, intellectual property remains in demand, and so too is demand from […]

Apple, Samsung Drop Foreign Patent Suits, But U.S. Litigation Will Continue

Apple and Samsung Electronics announced they were dropping patent litigation in Germany, Australia and Japan, but would continue litigation within […]

Examiner and Board Must Be Consistent in Prior Art-Based Rejections of Similarly-Worded Claims

The USPTO should be consistent in rejecting similarly-worded claims under the same rationale, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in a ruling that affirmed in part, vacated in part, and remanded back to the PTO’s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences a case concerning a visual inspection system for printing presses.

Wizard of Oz Celebrates 75th Anniversary & Victory in Copyright and Trademark Dispute Over Film Characters

After more than seven years, Warner Bros. managed to convince a court that, though Dave Grossman Creations, Inc. used images from the public domain to create its unauthorized Wizard of Oz collectibles, the items were still in violation of the movie studio’s copyright.

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